Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

A rich man's joke is always funny.

A rich man's joke is always funny.

I never dare to write
As funny as I can.

I never dare to write
As funny as I can.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but read more

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.

Is anything besides the mind ever boggled?

Is anything besides the mind ever boggled?

If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a read more

If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. read more

Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of things associated with it, and the greatness of services it renders. - Oscar Firkins: Memoirs and Letters.