Humor Quote by Om Swami

Humor is vague, runaway stuff that hisses around the fissures and crevices of the mind, like some sort of loose physic gas.

— Jonathan Miller

Humor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it.

— Sigmund Freud

Humor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing.

— Andre Breton

A sense of humor is regarded as a sign of mental health - apart from excessive punning, which is another matter entirely.

— Helen Cresswell

Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof.

— Stephen Leacock

Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.

— Ellie Katz

A sense of humor is an escape valve for the pressures of life.

— Richard G. Scott

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

— James Thurber

The essence of humor is sensibility; warm, tender fellow-feeling with all forms of existence.

— Thomas Carlyle

Humor is a whisper from the soul, imploring mind and body to relax, let go and be at peace again.

— Anonymous

“Humor relieves the tension between what we see or desire but repress in order to sustain a survivable illusion about the world we live…

— Lynda Williams

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

— Steve Allen