Quotes Tagged With :humorists

The best definition of humour I know is: humour may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities....

He deserves paradise who makes his companions laugh.

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance.

There are things of deadly earnest that can only be safely mentioned under cover of a joke.

Humour is the only test of gravity and gravity of humour for a subject which will not bear raillery....

A comedian is a fellow who finds other comedians too humorous to mention.

A humorist is a man who feels bad but who feels good about it.

We are all here for a spell get all the good laughs you can.

Humour is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention.....

Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience....