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Quotations about humor

Dwight EisenhowerA sense of humor can be a great help -- particularly a sense of humor about (oneself). William Howard Taft joked about his own corpulence and people loved it; took nothing from his inherent dignity. Lincoln eased tense moments with bawdy stories, and often poked fun at himself--and history honors him for this human quality. A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

 - Dwight Eisenhower

Tags:   humor  leadership  

John LennonThat's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously, because I think our opposition, whoever they may be, in all their manifest forms, don't know how to handle humor.

 - John Lennon

Tags:   humor  opposition  

Mark TwainHumor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments flit away and a sunny spirit takes their place.

 - Mark Twain

Tags:   humor  

Mark TwainThe humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.

 - Mark Twain

Tags:   humor  story  

Douglas AdamsHe was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

 - Douglas Adams

Tags:   dreamer  humor  idiot  philosophy  thinker  

Maya AngelouMy mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

 - Maya Angelou

Tags:   compassion  humor  life  passion  style  

Joan RiversI hate housework. You make the beds, you wash the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.

 - Joan Rivers

Tags:   cleanliness  housekeeping  humor  

Michel de MontaigneBooks are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humor, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.

 - Michel de Montaigne

Tags:   books  health  humor  study  

Jane AustenOne cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

 - Jane Austen

Tags:   humor  laughter  wit  

Abraham LincolnWith the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

 - Abraham Lincoln

Tags:   humor  laughter  strain  stress  

Anne FrankI have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic, and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.

 - Anne Frank

Tags:   amusement  despair  hiding  humor  laughter  

Jane Austen"Oh! It is only a novel!..." in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humor, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.

 - Jane Austen

Tags:   books  humanity  humor  reading