1. Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family. - Madonna Ciccone 

2. I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony. - Roger Daltrey 

3. Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor. - Samuel Richardson 

4. From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured. - Samuel Richardson 

5. I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor. - Louis C. K. 

6. Jesus must have had a sense of humor. I like to think of Him as a guy who got people to listen to Him by leaving them laughing and chuckling with one another. - Bil Keane 

7. I'm just very amused by five-year-old humor. - Kesha 

8. You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it. - Kesha 

9. In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose. - J. Robert Oppenheimer 

10. If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain. - William Howard Taft 

11. Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little. - Mason Cooley 

12. It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them. - Edward de Bono 

13. It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor. - Edward de Bono 

14. Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity. - Edward de Bono 

15. My view of life is colored by humor and looking at the best in any situation. - Michael J. Fox 

16. Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth. - Stan Laurel 

17. In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming. - Alanis Morissette 

18. Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor. - Alanis Morissette 

19. I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to any paramedic, they survive by developing a pretty off-kilter sense of humor. - Nicolas Cage 

20. A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor. - Maynard James Keenan

21. Me myself, Brian, I'm a Midwesterner at heart, and I have this deep, bone-dry sense of humor, and I've found it worked to combine this Barbie with a dry, sarcastic man. - Trixie Mattel 

22. I'm strange! I have a weird sense of humor! I look crazy! - Trixie Mattel 

23. I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering. - Matthew McConaughey

24. I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable. - Bob Newhart 

25. I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing. - Bob Newhart 

26. The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place. - Bob Newhart 

27. People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail. - Bob Newhart 

28. I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's still an affection for it. - Bob Newhart 

29. Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history. - Bob Newhart

30. What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor. - Bob Newhart 

31. Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one. - Bob Newhart

32. The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. - Alfred North Whitehead 

33. I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love. - Bernie Mac 

34. My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense. - Bernie Mac 

35. All my humor is based on destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I'd be standing in the bread line - right in back of J. Edgar Hoover. - Lenny Bruce 

36. Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that. - Ice Cube 

37. Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument. - Ed Sheeran 

38. I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy. - Bob Uecker 

39. I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor. - Brian Eno 

40. I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release. - Joaquin Phoenix 

41. What I wrote all the time when I was a kid - I don't want to call it 'poetry,' because it wasn't poetry. I was not that kind of a writer. I was a rhymer. I was a fan of Dorothy Parker's, so maybe I wrote poetry to that extent, but my main focus was the humor of it, and word construction, and the slant. Your words, it's a very powerful experience. - Carrie Fisher 

42. Going to AA helped me to see that there were other people who had problems that had found a way to talk about them and find relief and humor through that. - Carrie Fisher 

43. The thing that makes 'Dirty Jobs' different is that it's one of the few shows that portrays work in a way that doesn't highlight the drudgery. Instead, it highlights the humor. - Mike Rowe 

44. Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd. - David Lynch 

45. Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life. - David Lynch 

46. I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you're supposed to take. And I think it's what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries. - Michael Moore 

47. Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time. - Hattie McDaniel 

48. I love practical jokes and humor. That there's frankly no joke that I don't think is funny. I love practical jokes, but I don't like being scared. - Mitt Romney 

49. I have five boys in the family, and it's constant competition, sport, humor, and practical jokes. - Mitt Romney 

50. I guess, for me, I've always thought that there was humor everywhere. And as a kid, I just, you know, I grew up an only child, and I - sort of nothing made me happier than to make my parents laugh. I remember I had costumes and things laying around the house that I was, you know, anything that I could do to make my parents laugh. - Justin Timberlake 

51. Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him. - Dick Van Dyke

52. Being a caregiver requires infinite patience, physical and emotional strength, health care navigation skills, and a sense of humor - which can be hard to come by after sleepless nights and demanding days. - Rosalynn Carter 

53. I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others. - Dean Koontz 

54. You hear people say, 'We take our Tennessee Williams very seriously. There is no laughter here.' It's full of humor! Not to laugh is a big, bad mistake! - Ruby Dee 

55. I definitely need a girl that has a good sense of humor because there are some girls that are just very uptight. - Romeo Santos 

56. People probably perceive me as a bit boring because I am a little slow in the humor department, but it's just hard for me to get jokes when they're told in English. I am always the last one to get it. - Yolanda Hadid 

57. Things are more complex today, and I think humor has changed a a great deal. People are more sensitive today. - Lewis Grizzard 

58. I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card. - Victoria Beckham 

59. I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way. Sense of humor is definitely important. And sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around. - Victoria Beckham 

60. I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke. - Jason Statham 

61. Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud. - Jesse Ventura 

62. I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way. - John Lydon 

63. Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor. - Jonathan Winters

64. The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor. - Jonathan Winters 

65. People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor. - John Oliver 

66. One of the great things about the Internet is that you can read what everybody has to say about everything. It is fascinating to me, the critiques about humor by people who have no sense of humor. - Matt Groening 

67. Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives. - Robert Collier 

68. My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in. - Denis Leary

 69. I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor. - Denis Leary 

70. Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh 

71. There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people. I'm talking about a writer's critics, who don't address what you've written, but want to probe into your existence and magnify the trivia of your life without any sense of humor, without any sense of context. - Wole Soyinka 

72. Humor is an antidote to all ills. - Patch Adams 

73. Let's not call physical comedy falling down and pratfalls. All humor is physical, no matter how you dish it out. It's timing, like a dancer or an athlete would have. - Chevy Chase 

74. I come from a much freer kind of performance thing, where I rely on my own improv and my own sense of humor. - Chevy Chase 

75. Total absence of humor renders life impossible. - Sidonie Gabrielle Colette 

76. I personally have dealt with any adversity in my life with humor. That's why I told America to 'Read my hips!' on 'Dancing With the Stars' or was happy to play along with Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld in the great restaurant scene on 'Seinfeld.' - Marlee Matlin 

77. Humor comes in all forms, and everyone has their cup of tea about what makes them laugh. But the day we censor humor is a sad one for sure. - Marlee Matlin 

78. Why anybody gets my sense of humor I never know, but I do know that when they do, I keep them as close as I possibly can. - Joss Whedon 

79. I never write anything without humor, just because I like humor, but at the same time, it is a way for anything fantastical to become relatable. - Joss Whedon 

80. My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics. - Lee Atwater 

81. I've got a great sense of humor. - Anthony Hopkins 

82. Poop humor is fun. If you do the toilet scenes well and commit to them, they can be really, really powerful. - Sandra Bullock 

83. My sense of humor has saved me more than a couple of times in my life. - John Prine 

84. You know, Freud accepted his lot very stoically and very well and with a sense of humor. He aged and died gracefully, and there's a lot to be said for that. - Viggo Mortensen 

85. If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony. - Xun Kuang 

86. A woman who knows that she doesn't have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important. - Benedict Cumberbatch 

87. What we've discovered is that Americans seem to love our saucy humor. - Benny Hill 

88. I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian. - Steve Carell

89. I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny. - Paul Mooney 

90. Every black film feels like it's Tyler Perry, and that just needs to stop. But people seem to slowly be looking for what else is out there - 'Is there something else besides this type of humor?' 'I'm tired of seeing men in dresses.' - Issa Rae 

91. Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody else had relaxers and pressed hair. I wore my hair in an Afro puff. Nappy. The way I dressed. It was all about name brands at the time in L.A. I had no idea. All those things, I failed miserably at. - Issa Rae 

92. I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny. - Issa Rae

93. It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor. - Joan Jett 

94. Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom. - Tim Allen 

95. With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy. - Calvin Trillin 

96. There's always a source for humor. - Calvin Trillin 

97. It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the 'Captain Underpants' books too challenging. Don't get me wrong - the humor and ideas are often sophisticated - but the books aren't hard to read. I wanted kids who hate reading to find these books irresistible. - Dav Pilkey 

98. A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing. - Dav Pilkey 

99. In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network. - Gail Sheehy 

100. Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor. - E. B. White