Quotes about Humor

The humorous writer professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness--your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture....He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher.

I have a great love of animals and laughter.

I love to entertain and make people laugh.

My life has been one great big joke, A dance that's walked, A song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke, When I think about myself.

My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Why should I be afraid of you?' He was still laughing. He said 'Maybe you think I'll think you are a missionary and I'll eat you.' I said 'I don't think that anyway. If more Africans had eaten more missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.

There is no situation in life that can't be improved by laugher. Sometimes humor can help us get through situations we couldn't possibly endure without it. Sometimes laughter isn't superfluous; it's essential. Sometimes laughter is the next lesson we need to be learning.

Your kids ever act like that? Tim laughed. Come on, man, I'm a pastor. My kids were perfect.

Texans didn't have the vocabulary God gave a groundhog.

There are elements of comedy that can be competitive and back stab-y, but one of the underreported sides is that we love each other and help each other, kind of like a messed up extended family.

The point with me is that it's always been, even with the stand-up, that the music has to be right. You have to take it seriously. You have to try and play it as faithfully as possible. That way it helps the comedy. Rather than just playing it in a silly way.

Let us be, then, warriors of the heart, and enlist in our inner cause the virtues we have acquired through blood and sweat in the sphere of conflict—courage, patience, selflessness, loyalty, fidelity, self-command, respect for elders, love of our comrades (and of the enemy), perseverance, cheerfulness in adversity and a sense of humor, however terse or dark.