Famous Quotes

"If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything."

Paul Simon 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 Paul Simon

• "As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death."

• "Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone."

• "I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work."

• "Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do."

• "I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing."