Quotes about humor
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John Cleeseborn 1939From The Human Face, BBC Television (2001)Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
Jean Cocteau1889–1963Diary of an Unknown (1988)
Stephen Colbertborn 1964Rolling Stone interview (31 October 2006)- Stephen Colbertborn 1964Parade interview (23 September 2007)
I don’t perceive my role as a newsman at all. I’m a comedian from stem to stern.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964When asked what he perceives his role to be, given that many young people claim to get their news from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, on newsman.”Harvard University: A Conversation with Stephen Colbert” (1 December 2006).- FCFrank Moore Colby1865–1925Frank Moore Colby, (1926) The Colby Essays, Vol. 1., “Satire and Teeth”. Reported in Robert Andrews, The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, Columbia University Press. (1993) . p. 431.
I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
William Congreve1670–1729The Old Bachelor (1693), Act II, scene vii
Salvador Dalí1904–1989Diary of a Genius (1964), p. 12The wit’s desire is to be funny; the ironist is only funny as a secondary achievement.
Robertson Davies1913–1995The Cunning Man (1994), Part 2, section 6.- Robertson Davies1913–1995The Cunning Man (1994), Part 2, section 6.
Carrie Fisher1956–2016Wishful Drinking (2008)
Anatole France1844–1924The Literary Life (1888-1892), Series III: Rabelais
Robert Frost1874–1963Letter to Louis Untermeyer (March 10, 1924)
