Quotes about Humor

Laughter—just good bone-shaking, belly-jiggling, light-in-the-head laughter, is a sure sign of health. The only one who hates it is Satan and all his wannabes.

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.

There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.

The secret to humor is surprise.

They are fond of fun and therefore witty, wit being well-bred insolence.

I have always held, too, that pistol practice should be distinctly an open-air pastime; and when Holmes, in one of his queer humors, would sit in an armchair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V. R. done in bullet-pocks, I felt strongly that neither the atmosphere nor the appearance of our room was improved by it.

It is very good of Lord St. Simon to honour my head by putting it on a level with his own," said Sherlock Holmes, laughing.

Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.

Life was never anything but a perpetual see-saw between gravity and jest.