Quotes
Quotes about Humor
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence. -James L. Fisher.
I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so shall he drink, for George again. Yet he shall hear on't, and tightly, too, an' I live, i'faith. - Every Man In His Humor.
A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.
Love is my sword, goodness my armor, and humor my shield.
Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead.
The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings! How some have been deposed, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed, Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed-- All murdered; for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks; Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable; and humored thus, Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king! Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence, Throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty; For you have but mistook me all this while. I live with bread like you, feel want, taste grief, Need friends. Subjected thus,
I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.
A very beadle to a humorous sigh. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1.
It is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels, in which my often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.
Is Brutus sick, and is it physical To walk unbraced and suck up the humors Of the dank morning? What, is Brutus sick, And will he steal out of his wholesome bed To dare the vile contagion of the night, And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air, To add unto his sickness?
A sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the unbearable.
We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.
Do you know why the Lord withheld the sense of humor from women? So that we may love you instead of laugh at you.
Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective.
Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?
A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.
You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, what you do not wish, I do.
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.
