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Humor Quotes


"If there is reincarnation I'd like to come back as Warren Beatty's fingertips."


"Actually, I was prone to random acts of stupidity. I considered it to be one of my talents."


"No thanks, Dodo, was it? I don't know if I can watch you have performance problems twice in ten days."


"I've never heard of a man's cock being described as a fang before. - Rapahel"



"The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it."


"Coinman lets out another legendary explosive from his hindquarters!"


"After a universal silence, Leo was the first to speak. "Did anyone else notice-"Yes, Catherine said. "What do you make of it?"I haven't decided yet. Leo frowned and took a sip of port. "He's not someone I would pair Bea with."Whom would you pair her with?"Hanged if I know, Leo said. "Someone with similar interests. The local veterinarian, perhaps?"He's eighty-three years old and deaf, Catherine said."They would never argue, Leo pointed out."


"Oh, I've no patience with these romances. They're the ruin of all order. It's a thousand pities they ever happened."


"Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books."



"Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings."


"Paperwork wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the paper. And the work."


"Yeah, Mom, I'll just keep telling the prince that he has absolutely no shot with me and offend him as often as I can. Great plan."


"I'm not likely to forget someone slapping my butt with a big piece of wood."


"Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying."


"No, no, I don't want that."I didn't ask."


"I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately."


"Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event."


"This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it."


"So what does that actually mean?''To be honest, Ghastly, I haven't a bull's notion.''Elder Bespoke should be addressed by his full title,' Tipstaff said.'Of course,' Skulduggery said. 'To be honest, Your Highness, I haven't a bull's notion."


"Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives?"


"The funniest line in English is "Get it?" When you say that, everyone chortles."


"Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness."


"The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive."


"Find a priest who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin."


"A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles."


"Humor can be one of our best survival tools."


"Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless."


"I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down."


"Crazy loves company, Sir Clay."


"Here's a basic difference between Morelli and me. My first thought was always of cake. His first thought was always of sex. Don't get me wrong. I like sex . . . a lot. But it's never going to replace cake."


"I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive."



"Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony."
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