quotations about humor
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right.
ARISTOPHANES
The Acharnians
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Back to Methuselah
The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
MARK TWAIN
Following the Equator
Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
VIRGINIA WOOLF
"On Not Knowing Greek,", The Common Reader
By his provocations to good-natured merriment, a humorist of the first water contributes as much to the sum of happiness as the gravest philosopher.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
Humour is the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life.
STEPHEN LEACOCK
Humour and Humanity
A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
DOUG LARSON
attributed, Great Funny Quotes
Humor tells you where the trouble is.
LOUISE BERNIKOW
Alone in America