Famous Quotes

"If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time."

Lynda Barry 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 Lynda Barry

• "I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control."

• "I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up."

• "I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking."

• "Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time."

• "I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk."