Humorists Quotes

The total absence of humour from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

Humour 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.

A comedian is a fellow who finds other comedians too humorous to mention.

You can pretend to be serious but you can't pretend to be witty.

Humour is an affirmation of dignity a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Comedy is tragedy - plus time.

Caricature: putting the face of a joke upon the body of a truth.

He deserves paradise who makes his companions laugh.

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance.

If there's anything I hate it's the word humorist - I feel like countering with the word seriousist.

Humour is just another defence against the universe.

The great humorist forgets himself in his delighted contemplation of other people.

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

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much.

One loses so many laughs by not laughing at oneself.