Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Humor is reason gone mad.
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
If I had no sense of humor I should long ago have committed suicide.
A joke is a very serious thing.
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
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.
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
When humor goes, there goes civilization.
Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
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