Much of the best humor is found in the frequently tragic reality of human experience.

Given a little time for the pain to subside, dreadful experiences often can be the basis of funny jokes or stories.

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

Many comedians and comedy writers have shared the childhood experience of learning to joke to protect themselves from neighborhood bullies when challenge or physical defense were not among the sensible options.

If we do not know what humor is, that may be because we do not know what humankind is.

We will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that we have no sense of humor.

We will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that we have no sense of humor.