Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Bill Mauldin Quotes: Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery.
         

Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery.


Bill Mauldin
Check all other quotes by Bill Mauldin

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Bill Mauldin Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 02 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Humor-is-really-laughing-off-a-hurt-415672>.





Check out


Other quotes of Bill Mauldin


I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the army was one of mean ole sergeants and jeeps which jump over mountains.

I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the army was one of mean ole sergeants and jeeps which jump over mountains.



Look at an infantryman's eyes and you can tell how much war he has seen.

Look at an infantryman's eyes and you can tell how much war he has seen.



I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else.

I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else.



I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.

I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.



The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry.

The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry.



I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.



If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it.

If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it.



When we realize finally that we aren't God's given children, we'll understand satire. Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery.

When we realize finally that we aren't God's given children, we'll understand satire. Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery.



'Peace' is when nobody's shooting. A 'just peace' is when our side gets what it wants.

'Peace' is when nobody's shooting. A 'just peace' is when our side gets what it wants.



Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo.

Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo.





Other quotes you may like


i am a museum full of artbut you had your eyes shut

i am a museum full of artbut you had your eyes shut



When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland, we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.

When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland, we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.



Being under pressure is great, if it's all in the right place.

Being under pressure is great, if it's all in the right place.



Let's face it, war in its essence is another form of capitalism.

Let's face it, war in its essence is another form of capitalism.



A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.

A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.



Arnold Schwarzenegger got into a huge debate with Arianna Huffington about immigration - going back and forth - finally immigration came in and hauled them both away.

Arnold Schwarzenegger got into a huge debate with Arianna Huffington about immigration - going back and forth - finally immigration came in and hauled them both away.



If you covered a broom handle with oil and shoved it up my arse, then put me on a trampoline, in a lift, I could write a better song on the walls.

If you covered a broom handle with oil and shoved it up my arse, then put me on a trampoline, in a lift, I could write a better song on the walls.



I think money isn't any good sitting around, so I spend some time in the shoe department at Saks.

I think money isn't any good sitting around, so I spend some time in the shoe department at Saks.



One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.

One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.



Just remember that everyone is struggling; everyone is living with fear and uncertainty and it doesn't matter what their politics are.

Just remember that everyone is struggling; everyone is living with fear and uncertainty and it doesn't matter what their politics are.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery.". Author of this quote is Bill Mauldin. This quote is about laughing, misery, grinning, hurt, humor,.