“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.”
Mignon McLaughlin
“A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke – and that the joke is oneself.”
Clifton Paul Fadiman
“A sense of humor… is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.”
Hugh Sidey
“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.”
Jessamyn West
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”
William A. Ward
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. “
E. B. White
“Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.”
Sid Caesar
“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.”
Peter Ustinov
“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
William James
“Humor is just another defense against the universe.”
Mel Brooks
“I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.”
Frank Howard Clark
“One doesn’t have a sense of humor. It has you.”
Larry Gelbart





