Avoid Quote by Theodore Zeldin

Comedy is a very big part of the English culture, the sense of humor; it's a very dominant trait.

— Kate Bush

English people have a great sense of humour.

— Demba Ba

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

— Marshall McLuhan

British people have a really sophisticated sense of humour, because we're exposed to much more than Europeans and Americans, not least in our literary…

— Frankie Boyle

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

Humour is a way of relating and connecting to people, especially when you're a minority or misunderstood. It has the power that other forms…

— Haroon Moghul

Humour is essentially a comforter, reconciling us to things as they are in contrast to things as they might be.

— Stephen Leacock

Humour very often consists of shrewd perceptions about people. It's usually fun at someone's expense. Nowadays if you're funny at anybody's expense they run…

— Robertson Davies

I have never considered myself English Both my husband and my son say I don't understand English humour, and they don't always understand what…

— Princess Michael of Kent

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

— Malcolm Muggeridge

The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered…

— Theodore Zeldin

The English have a heavy hearted way of amusing themselves.

— Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully