If you want to make people weep, you must weep yourself. If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious.
Humor Quotes
Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike.
Fields (W. C.) was much more than just a comedian. he was one of the great creators of theatre humour, as Mark Twain was of literary humour. His use of his voice was masterful. The wheezy twang he developed is unforgettable, as is the mixture of back alley and drawing room in his whole approach […]
There’s nothing like a gleam of humor to reassure you that a fellow human being is ticking inside a strange face.
For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever-present sense of humor; it is the next best thing to an abiding faith in providence.
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
One doesn’t have a sense of humor. It has you.
The man who sees the consistency in things is a wit. The man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist.
Their demeanour is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a people so entirely destitute of humor, vivacity, or the capacity for enjoyment. (about Americans)
Humor is a drug which it’s the fashion to abuse.
