The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. —Alfred North Whitehead More about this quote Tags: ideas Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. —Logan Pearsall Smith More about this quote Tags: idealism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. —Salma Hayek More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die. —Robert Benchley More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Humor is just another defense against the universe. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. —Pico Iyer More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. —Mel Brooks More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you. —Mel Brooks More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The best defence against misguided arrogance is a keen sense of humour. —Mary Hirsch More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. —Larry Gelbart More about this quote Tags: humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email