Funny things Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably…

— P. J. O'Rourke

[Al] Franken is left-wing and funny. He's a pretty good political humorist.

— P. J. O'Rourke

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I am a comedian but it's usually not a compliment to be called a prop comedian but I guess I sometimes use props. And…

— Demetri Martin

I don't want to be classed as a humorist. It makes me feel guilty. I've never read a good tough quotable female humorist, and…

— Dorothy Parker

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets…

— Leo Rosten

HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best…

— Ambrose Bierce

When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.

— Johnny Carson

I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.

— Will Cuppy

If there's anything I hate it's the word humorist-I feel like countering with the word seriousist.

— Peter De Vries

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist"…

— Dave Barry

I've never made up events, but I've always been a big exaggerator. It's written on my humorist license that I'm allowed to do that.

— David Sedaris