Absurd Quote by Samuel Pepys

One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humor.

— Marshall McLuhan

The English have a heavy hearted way of amusing themselves.

— Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully

English people have a great sense of humour.

— Demba Ba

Americans have long had a difficult time accepting just how bleak the English are willing to get for laughs.

— Cord Jefferson

An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can't risk anybody…

— Pearl S. Buck

The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of…

— George Mikes

The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as…

— Peter Ackroyd

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!

— Sydney Smith

Humor is practically the only thing about which the English are utterly serious.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!

— Terry Gilliam

English humor is hard to appreciate, though, unless you are trained to it. The English papers, in reporting my speeches, always put 'laughter' in…

— Mark Twain

Brits have a peculiar sense of humour. I love it.

— Katie Hopkins