James Thurber Quote on Humor

TweetSharebar Tweet“Gentlemen, why don’t you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me day and night, if I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.” – Abraham Lincoln

"A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke – and that the joke is oneself." – Clifton Paul Fadiman

TweetSharebar Tweet“A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.” – Charles Gordy

TweetSharebar Tweet“You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty.” – Sacha Guitry

TweetSharebar Tweet“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” – Mark Twain

TweetSharebar Tweet“I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.” – Rita Mae Brown “I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.” – Rita Mae Brown“I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.” – Rita Mae Brown

TweetSharebar Tweet“We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.” - Vince Lombardi

TweetSharebar Tweet“Opportunity doesn’t necessarily knock on the door; it may be leaning against the wall waiting to be noticed.” – Anonymous

TweetSharebar Tweet“It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.” – Franklin P. Jones

TweetSharebar Tweet“The person who knows ‘how’ will always have a job. The person who knows ‘why’ will always be his boss.” – Diane Ravitch