Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. -- Aristotle (384-322 BC) The secret to humor is surprise. -- Aristotle

 

I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart, your sense of humor, every faculty available to you...because no one has the right to take the life of another human being. -- Joan Baez

 

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs - jolted by every pebble in the road. -- Henry Ward Beecher

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. -- Bill Cosby

 

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. -- Mohandas K. Gandhi

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it. -- Langston Hughes Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. -- Langston Hughes

* A lot of political people, especially people on the left, have forgotten the importance of humor as an incredible weapon, and a vehicle through which to affect change. -- Michael Moore

 

I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. -- Mark Twain Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place. -- Mark Twain

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. -- Peter Ustinov

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
-- William Arthur Ward

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. ~ E. B. White

* Humor is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. -- Simon Wiesenthal