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Frank Carson Comedian
Humor

"A man was found dead covered in sprinkles, strawberry sauce and a flake. Reports said he may have topped himself."

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Frank Carson Comedian
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"A man walks into a pet shop and says: "Give me a wasp." The shopkeeper replies: "We don't sell wasps." He says: "There's one in the window.""

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Frank Carson Comedian
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"A man says to his mate: "My wife is a twin." His mate says, "How do you tell them apart?" The man says: "Her brother has a beard.""

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Frank Carson Comedian
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"It's my wife Ruth's birthday soon. I said to her: "What would you like for your birthday?" She said: "I want a divorce." I said: "I wasn't planning on spending that much.""

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Frank Carson Comedian
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"A man says to the doctor: "What's the good news?" "You've got 24 hours to live." He says: "What's the bad news?" The doctor says: "We should have told you yesterday.""

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Frank Carson Comedian
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"There was a man sitting in the dining room of the Titanic, he said: "I know I asked for ice, but this is ridiculous.""

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George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic
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"NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right."

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George Carlin Comedian, Actor
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"Things I wonder about the FBI's list of the "Ten Most Wanted" criminals: When they catch a guy and he comes off the list, does number eleven automatically move up? And does he see it as a promotion? Does he call his criminal friends and say, "I made it, Bruno. I'm finally on the list"?"

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Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Scientist, Inventor
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"Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by our enemies than from hearing the opinions of friends."

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Lewis Black Comedian, Actor, Author
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"If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer."

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James Thurber Cartoonist, Author
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"Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"You may say a cat uses good grammar. Well, a cat does -- but you let a cat get excited once; you let a cat get to pulling fur with another cat on a shed, nights, and you'll hear grammar that will give you the lockjaw. Ignorant people think it's the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the sickening grammar they use."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who, as a rule, was in considerable doubt as to who his father was."

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