Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
—Peter Ustinov
Humor is a rubber sword—it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.
—Pico Iyer
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
—Robert Benchley
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
—Salma Hayek
Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred.
—Unknown
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
—Unknown
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
—Unknown
Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.
—Unknown
After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes: "No hablo inglés.
—Ronnie Shakes
Sit at the feet of the master long enough, and they'll start to smell.
—John Sauget
Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
—Billy Connolly
This problem with illegal immigration is nothing new. In fact, the Indians had a special name for it. They called it "white people.
—Jay Leno
Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.
—Thornton Wilder
I installed a skylight in my apartment… the people who live above me are furious!
—Steven Wright