 | "That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you."
- A. Whitney Brown
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| "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
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| "Total absence of humor renders life impossible."
- Colette
, Chance Acquaintances, 1952. |
| "Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law ?"
- Dick Clark
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| "A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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| "Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it."
- E. B. White
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| "Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain."
- Edward De Bono
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| "The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself."
- James Thurber
, in Edward R. Murrow television interview. |
| "Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will."
- John Kenneth Galbraith
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| "One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you."
- Larry Gelbart
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