"Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to."
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"I live in a neighborhood so bad that you can get shot while getting shot."
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out."
"I can't watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust."
"You know we armed Iraq. I wondered about that too, you know during the Persian Gulf war those intelligence reports would come out: "Iraq: incredible weapons - incredible weapons." How do you know that? "Uh, well... we looked at the receipts.""
"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."
"Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal."
"You don't ever ask a barber whether you need a haircut."
"I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown."
"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things."
"When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room."
"How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?"
"I was in analysis. I was suicidal. As a matter of fact, I would have killed myself, but I was in analysis with a strict Freudian and if you kill yourself they make you pay for the sessions you miss."
"Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other."
"Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms."
"Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius."
"Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike."
"What else is nature but God?"
"I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, 'Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?' And I said, 'Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?'"
"You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks."