Abnormal Quote by Oscar Wilde

Every American, to the last man, lays claim to a "sense" of humor and guards it as his most significant spiritual trait, yet rejects…

— E. B. White

It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.

— Bette Greene

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

— E. B. White

I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I…

— Phil Anselmo

There is scarcely an aspect of the American character to which humor is not related, few which in some sense it has not governed.…

— Constance Rourke

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?

— Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

“There was one field in which man was unsurpassed; he showed unlimited ingenuity in devising bigger and more efficient ways to kill off, enslave,…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.

— Herb Caen

What is so funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously. Laughter is the same and healthy response to the innocent…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him…

— D. H. Lawrence

Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique…

— Storm Jameson

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish,…

— Colin Firth