| Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. |
| Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges. |
| Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun. |
| Gags die, humor doesn't. |
| Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. |
| Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. |
| Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. |
| Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile. |
| Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. |
| Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end. |