Favorite Quotations ~ Humor

Square watercolor with playful, joyful color washes Humor lightens the heart and loosens the knots of the day. It’s resilience in a smile, grace in a giggle, the way we find each other again. As Andrew Carnegie said, “There is little success where there is laughter .”

The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~ Lucille Ball

A sense of humor is one of the most important things we possess. I equate it with faith, love, or happiness; you can’t see any of those things either, but we all know they exist and we all know they’re good. ~ Gabriel Lang

Something that seems funny when it happens to someone else may not seem so funny when it happens to us. ~ Aesop’s Fables

Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it. ~ Langston Hughes

If you have to be in a soap opera, try not to get the worst role. ~ Boy George

To succeed in this world, it is not enough to be stupid; you must be well‑mannered. ~ Voltaire

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. ~ Henny Youngman

I have an existential map; it has “you are here” written all over it. ~ Steve Wright

Humor is reason gone mad. ~ Groucho Marx

Never accept a drink from a urologist. ~ Erma Bombeck

It’s important I surround myself with people who make me happy. ~ Adam Sandler

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ~ George Eliot

Let the wind blow through your hair while you still have some. ~ Dave Weinbaum

I want to help people, give hope to all. Humor is the foundation of our lives. ~ Terry Bradshaw

A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~ William James