“The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle us out of that reasonable gravity which, after all, must be our habitual frame of mind.” ShouldMindHumorElementsEssenceSurpriseReasonableUnexpectedGravityHabitualFrame Of MindElement Of Surprise Book:Americans and Others Source: Americans and Others
“I was going to stay overnight at my friend's house - he said, "you'll have to sleep on the floor." Damn gravity! You don't know how bad I wanted to sleep on the wall.” KnowsSaidHumorWantedFunnyHouseSleepKnow HowWallMy FriendsDamnGravity Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Well, evolution's just a theory.' And, I'm thinking to myself, 'Well, thank goodness gravity's a law.'” ThinkingWellsHumorFunnyLawTheoryEvolutionGoodnessGravity Author:Marc Maron