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Humourous Quotes (page 4)

[L]ife is a phenomenon in need of criticism, for we are, as fallen creatures, in permanent danger of worshipping false gods, of failing to understand ourselves and misinterpreting the behaviour of others, of growing unproductively anxious or desirous, and of losing ourselves to vanity and error. Surreptitiously and beguilingly, then, with humour or gravity, works of art--novels, poems, plays, paintings or films--can function as vehicles to explain our condition to us. They may act as guides... Alain de Botton
Fred Allen quote: "All I know about humour is that I don't know anything about it."
All I know about humour is that I don't know anything about it. Fred Allen
Peter Ustinov quote: "I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour..."
I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine. Peter Ustinov
If you don’t have a sense of humour when you’re in a band, you end up like f**king Emerson, Lake and Palmer, making eight-disc LPs so you can all have your own three-hour f**king solos. And who wants to listen to that bollocks? Ozzy Osbourne
George Murray quote: "I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice -..."
I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly. George Murray
Chris Morris quote: "The thing about a sense of humour is that it's not bestowed on..."
The thing about a sense of humour is that it's not bestowed on the good. It's just randomly dished out. Chris Morris
Roger Moore quote: "If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin..."
If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now. Roger Moore
And realising that humour is the most powerful way to make a political statement and say the things that you want to say. And it's not used enough, at least not in the U.S. Michael Moore
Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think. Mary Wortley
I think of myself as a writer with a sense of humour rather than a comedy writer. Happy to tell a story with lots of jokes in it - I wouldn't know how to do jokes without the story. Steven Moffat
When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. Paul Merton
I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well. Eva Mendes
I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice. I don't think I have irony. A sense of humour, yes, but not irony. Michel Gondry
Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of the courts, what they're left with is dressing up ridiculously, but at least using humour to try and draw attention to their kids. Bob Geldof
Jorge Garcia quote: "Mixing humour and harsh reality is a very human behaviour,..."
Mixing humour and harsh reality is a very human behaviour, it's the way people stay sane in their daily lives. Jorge Garcia

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