Humorists Quotes

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one

Will Rogers

Funny, Humorous, Party

Will Rogers (1983). “Radio broadcasts of Will Rogers”, Oklahoma State Univ Pr

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If at first you don't succeed-try, try again. Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as timed-release success.

Robert Orben

Motivational, Success, Failure

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I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Life, Positive

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Americans are getting stronger. Twenty years ago, it took two people to carry ten dollars' worth of groceries. Today, a five-year-old can do it.

Henny Youngman

Sarcastic, Years, Two

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When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Mark Twain

Love, Funny, Motivational

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.121, Courier Corporation

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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

Inspirational, Funny, Life

"The Graduation Speech I'd Give, if Anyone Asked" by Karina Bland, www.azcentral.com. June 03, 2015.

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Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

Will Rogers

Inspirational, Life, Positive

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Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.

Charles Addams

Spiders, Normalcy, Chaos

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The best things in life aren't things.

Art Buchwald

Love, Inspirational, Life

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Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

Mark Twain

Getting Older, Complaining, Growing

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Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Terry Pratchett

Funny, Life, Intelligent

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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

Garrison Keillor

Inspirational, Life, Adversity

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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

Nature, Fun, People

Interview with Edward R. Murrow on "Small World", CBS-TV, March 25, 1959.

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

Quoted in More Maxims of Mark, ed. Merle Johnson (1927)

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.97, Chartwell

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Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

Danny Thomas

Life, Motivational, Success

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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Mark Twain

Funny, Cute, God

Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.9262, Delphi Classics

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He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

Douglas Adams

Funny, Dream, Wife

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.53, Pan Macmillan

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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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People will kill you over time, and how they'll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like 'be realistic.'

Dylan Moran

Encouragement, People, Comedian

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Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Mark Twain

Funny, Change, Politics

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Avoid using the word 'very' because it's lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don't use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason boys - to woo women - and in that endeavor, laziness will not do.

Robin Williams

Sad, Tired, Boys

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Whenever you correct someone's grammar just remember that nobody likes you.

Jim Gaffigan

Comedian, Likes, Remember

FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from Apr 24, 2012

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It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

Will Rogers

Funny, Humor, Government

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