Famous Quotes

"Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead."

Flip Wilson on Humor

More quotes about Humor

• "A joke is a very serious thing."

  Winston Churchill on Humor

• "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."

  Mark Twain on Humor

• "Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."

  William James on Humor

• "If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Humor

• "A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road."

  Henry Ward Beecher on Humor

More quotes by Flip Wilson

• "I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone."

• "Funny is an attitude."

• "My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish."

• "Funny is an attitude."

• "My main point is to be funny if I can slip a message in there, fine."