Famous Quotes

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious."

Peter Ustinov 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 Peter Ustinov

• "At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it."

• "Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first."

• "Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information."

• "Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy."

• "Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit."