Quotes with humor

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  • Mark Twain The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Aristotle The secret to humor is surprise.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Alice Meynell The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
    Alice Meynell
    British poet, writer (1847 - 1922)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Alan Thicke There are psychological repercussions to illness and we need a little more help to get through the effects not only on the afflicted but on the family. And I think there's even a place for humor in that.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor and songwriter (1947 - 2016)
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  • Alan Thicke There are psychological repercussions to illness and we need a little more help to get through the effects not only on the afflicted but on the family. And I think there's even a place for humor in that.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, writer and television host (1947 - 2016)
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  • Sinclair Lewis There are two insults no human will endure. The assertion that he has no sense of humor and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
    Sinclair Lewis
    American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright (1885 - 1951)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bill Cosby There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson There is this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means; draw it all out, and hold him to it.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Billy Collins There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Bill Burr They say you don't want to meet your heroes, but those two guys, you do want to meet them, because they do not disappoint. Walken has this amazing sense of humor, and Pacino is like just a sweetheart of a guy.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Bill Cosby Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Allen Klein Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Allen Klein Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Thomas Carlyle True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Billy Childish We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor.
    Billy Childish
    English painter, author, poet and photographer (1959 - )
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  • Bil Keane We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
    Bil Keane
    American cartoonist (1922 - 2011)
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  • Martha Graham We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
    Martha Graham
    American modern dancer and choreographer (1894 - 1991)
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  • Carrie Fisher What I wrote all the time when I was a kid - I don't want to call it 'poetry,' because it wasn't poetry. I was not that kind of a writer. I was a rhymer. I was a fan of Dorothy Parker's, so maybe I wrote poetry to that extent, but my main focus was the humor of it, and word construction, and the slant. Your words, it's a very powerful experience.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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