Quotes about humor
113 quotes from 83 people
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914Epigrams, p. 346
Martin Amis1949–2023Prospect interview (2010)
Peter Ustinov1921–2004BBC obituary (2004)
Katherine Mansfield1888–1923Journal entry (October 1922), published in The Journal of Katherine Mansfield (1927)
Michael Mooreborn 1954The Corporation (2004)
Thomas Hobbes1588–1679The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic Pt. I Human Nature (1640) Ch. 9Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936All Things Considered (1908), “Spiritualism”
Samuel Johnson1709–1784The Idler (1758–1760), No. 58 (26 May 1759)
Robert A. Heinlein1907–1988I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 25, p. 442
Carrie Fisher1956–2016Wishful Drinking (2008)I think a comedian’s job isn’t just to make people laugh. I think it’s to make people think.
Ricky Gervaisborn 1961At Piers Morgan Tonight, 2011Laughter is a basic human need, along with love, and food, and an HBO subscription.
Julia Louis-Dreyfusborn 1961Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (2018)
Maggie Smith1934–2024“You have to laugh” (2004)For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
