Quotations
Quotes:
Bad humour is an evasion of reality; good humour is an acceptance of it.
View quotes by Malcolm Muggeridge
Ours is like Jewish humour with a sun tan - warm, family-based. We share a lot of neuroses such as food, guilt, overachieving children and controlling mothers. [on Asian humour]
View quotes by Meera Syal
Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. [any idea if this is saying humour is a good thing or a bad thing?]
View quotes by Romain Gary
Humour is also a way of saying something serious.
View quotes by T S Eliot
The secret to humour is surprise.
View quotes by Aristotle
Humour and a bit of charm will get most women in bed.
View quotes by Jerri Byrne
A lot of people don't get my sense of humour, which is fine, because I often don't get theirs either!
View quotes by Mike Fink
Even though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of humour.
View quotes by Mel Gussow
Anger and humour are like the left and right arm. They complement each other.
View quotes by James Cone
Humour is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.
View quotes by Steve Allen
Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
View quotes by Virginia Woolf
Humour is the instinct for taking pain playfully.
View quotes by Max Eastman
If I had no sense of humour, I would long ago have committed suicide.
View quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
View quotes by James Thurber
The love of truth lies at the root of much humour.
View quotes by Robertson Davies
Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across: If you get too serious, you could die of starch.
View quotes by Cyndi Lauper
The kind of humour I like is that which makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.
View quotes by William Davis
Humour is an affirmation of man's dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
View quotes by Romain Cary
Good humour is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
View quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours... But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour.
View quotes by Depeche Mode
