The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense.

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

Humor is reason gone mad.

You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

You can't be funny if you don't have good material.

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.

Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

I love a man with a great sense of humor and who is intelligent - a man who has a great smile. He has to make me laugh. I like a man who is very ambitious and driven and who has a good heart and makes me feel safe. I like a man who is very strong and independent and confident - that is very sexy - but at the same time, he's very kind to people.

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

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

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

Our humor turns our anger into a fine art.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

It's a funny old world.

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.

The secret to humor is surprise.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh.

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

When humor goes, there goes civilization.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them.

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

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

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.

Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

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.

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

A joke's a very serious thing.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.