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  1. A quotation from James Thurber

    By definition, humor is gentle. The savage, the cruel, the harsh would fall under the heading of wit and/or satire, as the lawyers say. Now, my definitions are these: The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people — that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Interview (1959-03-24) by Edward R. Murrow, Small World, CBS-TV

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82802/

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  2. A quotation from James Thurber

    By definition, humor is gentle. The savage, the cruel, the harsh would fall under the heading of wit and/or satire, as the lawyers say. Now, my definitions are these: The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people — that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Interview (1959-03-24) by Edward R. Murrow, Small World, CBS-TV

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #humannature #humor #humorist #mockery #satire #selfmockery #senseofhumor #verbalabuse #wit

  3. A quotation from James Thurber

    By definition, humor is gentle. The savage, the cruel, the harsh would fall under the heading of wit and/or satire, as the lawyers say. Now, my definitions are these: The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people — that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Interview (1959-03-24) by Edward R. Murrow, Small World, CBS-TV

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #humannature #humor #humorist #mockery #satire #selfmockery #senseofhumor #verbalabuse #wit

  4. A quotation from James Thurber

    By definition, humor is gentle. The savage, the cruel, the harsh would fall under the heading of wit and/or satire, as the lawyers say. Now, my definitions are these: The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people — that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Interview (1959-03-24) by Edward R. Murrow, Small World, CBS-TV

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #humannature #humor #humorist #mockery #satire #selfmockery #senseofhumor #verbalabuse #wit

  5. A quotation from James Thurber

    America must learn that humor, whatever form it may take, can be one of our strongest allies, but it cannot flourish in a weather of fear and hysteria and intimidation.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82660/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #fear #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #funniness #humor #hysteria #intimidation #senseofhumor

  6. A quotation from Josh Billings

    Every time a man laffs he takes a kink out ov the chain ov life, and thus lengthens it.
     
    [Every time a man laughs he takes a kink out of the chain of life, and thus lengthens it.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82540/

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  7. A quotation from Josh Billings

    Every time a man laffs he takes a kink out ov the chain ov life, and thus lengthens it.
     
    [Every time a man laughs he takes a kink out of the chain of life, and thus lengthens it.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82540/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #goodcheer #goodhumor #goodlife #humor #laughter #lifespan #living #longlife #senseofhumor

  8. A quotation from Josh Billings

    Every time a man laffs he takes a kink out ov the chain ov life, and thus lengthens it.
     
    [Every time a man laughs he takes a kink out of the chain of life, and thus lengthens it.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82540/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #goodcheer #goodhumor #goodlife #humor #laughter #lifespan #living #longlife #senseofhumor

  9. A quotation from Josh Billings

    Every time a man laffs he takes a kink out ov the chain ov life, and thus lengthens it.
     
    [Every time a man laughs he takes a kink out of the chain of life, and thus lengthens it.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82540/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #goodcheer #goodhumor #goodlife #humor #laughter #lifespan #living #longlife #senseofhumor

  10. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    But his [Shakespeare’s] laughter seems to pour from him in floods; he heaps all manner of ridiculous nicknames on the butt he is bantering, tumbles and tosses him in all sorts of horse-play; you would say, with his whole heart laughs. And then, if not always the finest, it is always a genial laughter. Not at mere weakness, at misery or poverty; never. No man who can laugh, what we call laughing, will laugh at these things. It is some poor character only desiring to laugh, and have the credit of wit, that does so. Laughter means sympathy; good laughter is not “the crackling of thorns under the pot.” Even at stupidity and pretension this Shakspeare does not laugh otherwise than genially. Dogberry and Verges tickle our very hearts; and we dismiss them covered with explosions of laughter: but we like the poor fellows only the better for our laughing; and hope they will get on well there, and continue Presidents of the City-watch. Such laughter, like sunshine on the deep sea, is very beautiful to me.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-12), “The Hero as Poet,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82239…

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  11. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    But his [Shakespeare’s] laughter seems to pour from him in floods; he heaps all manner of ridiculous nicknames on the butt he is bantering, tumbles and tosses him in all sorts of horse-play; you would say, with his whole heart laughs. And then, if not always the finest, it is always a genial laughter. Not at mere weakness, at misery or poverty; never. No man who can laugh, what we call laughing, will laugh at these things. It is some poor character only desiring to laugh, and have the credit of wit, that does so. Laughter means sympathy; good laughter is not “the crackling of thorns under the pot.” Even at stupidity and pretension this Shakspeare does not laugh otherwise than genially. Dogberry and Verges tickle our very hearts; and we dismiss them covered with explosions of laughter: but we like the poor fellows only the better for our laughing; and hope they will get on well there, and continue Presidents of the City-watch. Such laughter, like sunshine on the deep sea, is very beautiful to me.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-12), “The Hero as Poet,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82239…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #comedy #geniality #humor #laughter #senseofhumor #Shakespeare #sympathy

  12. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    But his [Shakespeare’s] laughter seems to pour from him in floods; he heaps all manner of ridiculous nicknames on the butt he is bantering, tumbles and tosses him in all sorts of horse-play; you would say, with his whole heart laughs. And then, if not always the finest, it is always a genial laughter. Not at mere weakness, at misery or poverty; never. No man who can laugh, what we call laughing, will laugh at these things. It is some poor character only desiring to laugh, and have the credit of wit, that does so. Laughter means sympathy; good laughter is not “the crackling of thorns under the pot.” Even at stupidity and pretension this Shakspeare does not laugh otherwise than genially. Dogberry and Verges tickle our very hearts; and we dismiss them covered with explosions of laughter: but we like the poor fellows only the better for our laughing; and hope they will get on well there, and continue Presidents of the City-watch. Such laughter, like sunshine on the deep sea, is very beautiful to me.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-12), “The Hero as Poet,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82239…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #comedy #geniality #humor #laughter #senseofhumor #Shakespeare #sympathy

  13. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    But his [Shakespeare’s] laughter seems to pour from him in floods; he heaps all manner of ridiculous nicknames on the butt he is bantering, tumbles and tosses him in all sorts of horse-play; you would say, with his whole heart laughs. And then, if not always the finest, it is always a genial laughter. Not at mere weakness, at misery or poverty; never. No man who can laugh, what we call laughing, will laugh at these things. It is some poor character only desiring to laugh, and have the credit of wit, that does so. Laughter means sympathy; good laughter is not “the crackling of thorns under the pot.” Even at stupidity and pretension this Shakspeare does not laugh otherwise than genially. Dogberry and Verges tickle our very hearts; and we dismiss them covered with explosions of laughter: but we like the poor fellows only the better for our laughing; and hope they will get on well there, and continue Presidents of the City-watch. Such laughter, like sunshine on the deep sea, is very beautiful to me.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-12), “The Hero as Poet,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82239…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #comedy #geniality #humor #laughter #senseofhumor #Shakespeare #sympathy

  14. Anger, fear, curiousity, are all traits that make sense in terms of survival. But why do humans have a sense of humour? How does THAT help? Matt Coppola & I explore this question, with forays into Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, & others. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ #humour #comedy #senseofhumor

  15. A quotation from Bill Watterson

       CALVIN: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it’s funny. Don’t you think it’s odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?
       HOBBES: I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
       CALVIN: (after a pause) I can’t tell if that’s funny or really scary.

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1991-03-03)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/81815…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #absurdity #evolution #existence #humancondition #humannature #humor #incomprehensibility #laughter #life #makesense #naturalselection #nonsense #reality #senseofhumor

  16. Factory conversations be like… 😏

    Some guy starts bragging about how huge he is.

    Lady fires back: “You need 12 inches for that.”

    Perfect silence. Everyone assumes I’m not listening. 👂😂

    I look over and say:
    “I can do that… I’d just have to put it in twice.”

    The pause.

    Then absolute laughter.

    Hey—no one said it had to be in one shot.

    Math is math. 🤷‍♂️😂

    #FactoryTalk
    #WorkplaceHumor
    #PerfectTiming
    #Overheard
    #MathChecksOut
    #DidNotSeeThatComing
    #AdultHumor
    #SenseOfHumor
    #PeopleAtWork

  17. Anger, fear, curiousity, are all traits that make sense in terms of survival. But why do humans have a sense of humour? How does THAT help? Matt Coppola & I explore this question, with forays into Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, & others. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ #humour #comedy #senseofhumor

  18. Anger, fear, curiousity, are all traits that make sense in terms of survival. But why do humans have a sense of humour? How does THAT help? Matt Coppola and I explore this question, with forays into Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, & others. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ #humour #comedy #senseofhumor

  19. A quotation from Josh Billings

    Fun is the cheapest fisick that haz bin diskovered yet, and the eazyest to take. Fun pills are sugar coated, and no change ov diet iz necessary while taking them. A little fun will sumtimes go a grate ways, i hav known men to liv to a good old age on one joke, which they managed to tell az often az once a day, and do all the laffing themselves besides that waz done.
     
    [Fun is the cheapest physic that has been discovered yet, and the easiest to take. Fun pills are sugar coated, and no change of diet is necessary while taking them. A little fun will sometimes go a great ways; I have known men to live to a good old age on one joke, which they managed to tell as often as once a day, and do all the laughing themselves besides that was done.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-04 “Fun” (1875 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/80400/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #cure #fun #goodspirits #humor #jocularity #joke #medicine #repetition #senseofhumor #treatment

  20. A quotation from Cicero

    Yet however grim circumstances are, human beings, if they really are human, occasionally relax.
     
    [Homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, si modo homines sunt, interdum animis rexantur.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 16 / sec. 39 (2.16/2.39) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

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  21. A quotation from Cicero

    Yet however grim circumstances are, human beings, if they really are human, occasionally relax.
     
    [Homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, si modo homines sunt, interdum animis rexantur.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 16 / sec. 39 (2.16/2.39) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #anxiety #crisis #humannature #humanity #humor #senseofhumor #joking #jokes #problems #relaxation #stress #troubles #unwinding

  22. A quotation from Cicero

    Yet however grim circumstances are, human beings, if they really are human, occasionally relax.
     
    [Homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, si modo homines sunt, interdum animis rexantur.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 16 / sec. 39 (2.16/2.39) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #anxiety #crisis #humannature #humanity #humor #senseofhumor #joking #jokes #problems #relaxation #stress #troubles #unwinding

  23. A quotation from Josh Billings

    But thare iz lots ov pholks who kant see enny phun in enny thing, yu couldn’t fire a joke into them with a double barrell gun, 10 paces off, they go thru life az sollum az a cow. Menny people think it iz beneath their dignity to relish a joke, sutch people are simply fools, and dont seem to kno it.
     
    [But there are lots of folks who can’t see any fun in anything; you couldn’t fire a joke into them with a double-barrel gun, ten paces off; they go through life as solemn as a cow. May people think it is beneath their dignity to relish a joke; such people are simply fools, and don’t seem to know it.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-04 “Fun” (1875 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/80351/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #dignity #ego #enjoyment #fun #humor #jokes #pomposity #pride #senseofhumor

  24. Anger, fear, curiousity, are all traits that make sense in terms of survival. But why do humans have a sense of humour? How does THAT help? Matt Coppola and I explore this question, with forays into Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, & others. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ #humour #comedy #senseofhumor

  25. Anger, fear, curiousity, are all traits that make sense in terms of survival. But why do humans have a sense of humour? How does THAT help? Matt Coppola and I explore this question, with forays into Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, & others. open.spotify.com/episode/7pajv
    #humour #comedy #senseofhumor

  26. Anger, fear, curiousity, are all traits that make sense in terms of survival. But why do humans have a sense of humour? How does THAT help? Matt Coppola and I explore this question, with forays into Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, & others. open.spotify.com/episode/7pajv
    #humour #comedy #senseofhumor

  27. Anger, fear, curiousity, are all traits that make sense in terms of survival. But why do humans have a sense of humour? How does THAT help? Matt Coppola and I explore this question, with forays into Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, & others.

    open.spotify.com/episode/7pajv

    #humour #comedy #senseofhumor

  28. Anger, fear, curiousity - these are all traits that make sense in terms of human survival. But why do humans have a sense of humour? What purposed does THAT serve? Matt Coppola and I explore this question, with forays into Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, and others:

    open.spotify.com/episode/7pajv

    #humour #humor #comedy #senseofhumour #senseofhumor

  29. A quotation from Antrim, Minna:

    «
    It takes not only humor, but sense, to enjoy a satirical story directed toward one’s self.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/antrim-minna/73180/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #humility #humor #self-assurance #self-deprecation #senseofhumor #sensibility

  30. A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:

    «
    There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024

    #quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble

  31. A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:

    «
    There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024

    #quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble

  32. A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:

    «
    There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024

    #quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble

  33. A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:

    «
    There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024

    #quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble

  34. A quotation from Lewis, Sinclair:

    «
    There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/lewis-sinclair/31024

    #quote #quotes #quotation #ease #ego #fightingwords #impertinence #insult #misfortune #offense #outrage #pride #senseofhumor #trouble