A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
Samuel Butler

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.
Mignon McLaughlin

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

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
James Thurber

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
James Thurber

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
E. B. White

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
E. B. White

A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
Doug Larson

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
George Herbert

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
Horatio Nelson

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.
Chevy Chase

I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists.
Mike Epps

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.
Jesse Ventura

I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony.
Roger Daltrey

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
Umberto Eco

If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
Xun Zi

I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
Ben Stiller

I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor.
Katie Price

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge