Famous Quotes

"Humor is the affectionate communication of insight."

Leo Rosten on Humor

More quotes about Humor

• "A joke is a very serious thing."

  Winston Churchill on Humor

• "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."

  Mark Twain on Humor

• "Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."

  William James on Humor

• "If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Humor

• "A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road."

  Henry Ward Beecher on Humor

More quotes by Leo Rosten

• "Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them."

• "Humor is the affectionate communication of insight."

• "Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined."

• "Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable."

• "A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead."