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.
GalbraithIf I had no sense of humour, I would long ago have committed suicide.
Mahatma GandhiHumour is the instinct for taking pain playfully.
Max EastmanOurs 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]
Meera SyalWe should take astrology seriously. No, I don't mean we should believe in it. I am talking about fighting it seriously instead of humouring it as a piece of harmless fun
Richard DawkinsThere's no doubt he was in his own way a comic genius. He had this wonderful warmth and humour that came right through the screen and just embraced you. [on Ronnie Barker]
Nicholas ParsonsI was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
Max BeerbohmThere's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these so-called defects you have a very good chance of getting to the top.
Peter CookChildren generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them
John LockeHumour is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought - rather it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy.
Oscar W FirkinsHumour is an affirmation of man's dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
Romain CaryYou need to talk about sex with a sense of humour, especially because sex is a sensitive area for a lot of people. The other thing is that you may not want to tell the world everything you do in bed.
Paige TurcoHumour and a bit of charm will get most women in bed.
Jerri ByrneShe's a hoot - an incredible sense of humour [on Camilla Parker-Bowles]
Elton JohnIf someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!
Kate BeckinsaleBad humour is an evasion of reality; good humour is an acceptance of it.
Malcolm MuggeridgeIf someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!
Kate Beckinsale[I thank] my darling Camilla, who has stood with me through thick and thin - and whose precious optimism and humour have seen me through.
Prince CharlesPrime minister's questions with Tony Blair there is some sort of light and shadow and he's got a sense of humour... I'm not sure with Gordon Brown how many light moments there will be.
David CameronI have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humour.
Edward AlbeeThe kind of humour I like is that which makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.
William DavisA lot of people don't get my sense of humour, which is fine, because I often don't get theirs either!
Mike FinkWe have a similar sense of humour and can take the mickey out of each other, so I think we'll have lots of fun. If he starts shouting, I'll just shout right back [dancing with Brendan Cole]
Claire KingHumour is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.
Steve AllenEven though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of humour.
Mel GussowGood humour is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
William Makepeace ThackerayHumour is also a way of saying something serious.
T S EliotI'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humour. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.
Silvio BerlusconiHumour is a great vehicle for getting a message across: If you get too serious, you could die of starch.
Cyndi LauperHumour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
Virginia WoolfMark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory
for its humour, the writing is on the wall.
Alan BennettThe love of truth lies at the root of much humour.
Robertson DaviesHonest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant
Washington IrvingI don't want to start any blasphemous rumours... But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour.
Depeche ModeHumour has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.
Lana TurnerThere's no trick to being a humourist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will RogersI could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humour.
Horatio NelsonI'm just trying to portray what I find ironic or humourous.
Max CannonAnger and humour are like the left and right arm. They complement each other.
James ConeYou can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humour in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
Bill CosbyThe secret to humour is surprise.
AristotleIf you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humour.
Jennifer JonesHumour 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?]
Romain GaryImagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is.
Oscar WildeHumour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
James ThurberWe've had a day of great drama and of humour too. The rumour mill is now taking over [when Blair left making the unelectable Brown Prime Minister]
Andy BurnhamA person without a sense of humour is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Henry Ward Beecher 
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