Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude. Frank Muir on humor
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. William Temple on humor
And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit. Bobby Knight on humor
An emotional man may possess no humor, but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion, sometimes tucked away or forgotten. Constance Rourke on humor
No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge on humor
In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose. J. Robert Oppenheimer on humor
You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it. Kesha on humor
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. Romain Gary on humor
Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world. William Glasser on humor
Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important. Ludwig Wittgenstein on humor
It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances. Rachael Ray on humor
Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it. Malcolm Muggeridge on humor
I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. Colin Firth on humor
Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous. Peter Jennings on humor
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
Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God. Adam Smith on humor
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. James Thurber on humor
We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for a time - like the Egyptians with their pyramids, only with children. Anne Lamott on humor
People of humor are always in some degree people of genius. Samuel Taylor Coleridge on humor