A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

— Unknown Source

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

— Unknown Source

Humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life.

— Alan Simpson, U.S. politician, born 1931

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

— James Thurber, U.S. cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, playwright, 1894-1961

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs — jolted by every pebble in the road.

— Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

— Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

— Virginia Wolff, English modernist writer, 1882-1941

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

— Alfred North Whitehead, British mathematician and philosopher, 1861-1947

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

— Peter Ustinov, British actor, writer, filmmaker, columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter, and diploma, 1921-2004

He deserves paradise who makes his companions laugh.

— The Koran

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

— Victor Borge, Danish comedian and pianist, 1909-2000

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance.

— Unknown source

He who laughs, lasts.

— Unknown source

I realize that humor isn’t for everyone. It’s only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.

— Anne Wilson Schaef, U.S. author, speaker, and consultant
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