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Humor

«It is easier to restrain wild donkeys (Democrats) than to raise a dead elephant (Republicans)»
«It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.»
Author: George F. Burns | About: Drinking, Funny, Humor | Keywords: drunk, fourteenth, thirteenth
«Learning humor is like learning math - practice makes perfect»
Author: Jim Pelley | About: Humor, Learning, Practice
«It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.»
«It's funny, isn't it? How your best friend can just blow up like that?»
Author: Monty Python | About: Humor | Keywords: best friend, blow, blow up, funny
«I love humor. I always will fall back on humor. That's something that I think you can't ever get enough of and, if it's done well, it's great. When it's bad, it's horrible.»
Author: Sandra Bullock (Actress) | About: Humor | Keywords: fall back
«It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.»
«I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.»
«Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?»
«It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.»

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