Quotes about Humor
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
by Thomas W. Higginson (Clergyman, American , born in 1823) keywords: adverse, against, defense, effectual, fortune, habitual, humor, sense , which Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
by William James (Philosopher, American , born in 1842) keywords: common, dancing, different, humor, just, moving, same, sense, speeds , thing If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
by Jennifer Jones (Actor, American , born in 1919) keywords: characteristic, choose, could, get, humor, life, sense, through , would Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
by Agnes Repplier (Writer, American , born in 1855) keywords: brings, deeper, friendly, humor, insight, irony, less, tolerance , understanding Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
by Agnes Repplier (Writer, American , born in 1855) keywords: distorts, earthly, false, gods, humor, laughed, nothing, off, only, pedestals , their A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.
by Hugh Sidey (Journalist, American , born in 1927) keywords: armor, deep, down, good, grasp, heart, humor, joy, laughter, life, lips, needed, person, pretty, sense, sign , some Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
by Mark Twain (Author, American , born in 1970) keywords: everything, heaven, human, humor, itself, joy, pathetic, secret, sorrow , source The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
by Peter De Vries (Novelist, American , born in 1910) keywords: again, alive, another, back, brings, chance, eventually, him, his, humorist, kill, prey, releases, satirist, shoots , while A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
by William Arthur Ward (Writer, American , born in 1921) keywords: adds, balance, humor, life, pole, sense, steps, tightrope, walk, well-developed , your A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
by Jessamyn West (Author, American , born in 1902) keywords: appreciate, breaking, hearts, humor, irony, joke, kept, more, oneself, sense, takes, taste, than , which
