In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.Kahlil Gibran
Humor Quotes
These 23 quotes on humor come straight from the QuotePlace collection — lines by poets, philosophers, leaders and artists across the centuries. Open any card to read the quote on its own page and meet the author behind it.
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds.Clive James
Brevity is the soul of wit.William Shakespeare
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.Victor Hugo
Laughter is the language of the soul.Pablo Neruda
I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty.Kabir
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.Maya Angelou
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.Ibn Sina
Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel, for example.Nazim Hikmet
Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.Germaine de Stael
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.Joseph Roux
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.Germaine de Stael
A thing well said will be wit in all languages.John Dryden
Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is…Richard Needham
Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.Sam Walton
If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.Azim Premji
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most…Audrey Hepburn
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.Charlie Chaplin
This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.Rumi
We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.Charles Bukowski
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.Mark Twain
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.William Shakespeare
The secret to humor is surprise.Aristotle