“Wit is artificial; humor is natural. Wit is accidental; humor is inevitable. Wit is born of conscious effort; humor, of the allotted ironies of fate. Wit can be expressed only in language; humor can be developed sufficiently in situation.” HumorLanguageBornNaturalEffortSituationFateConsciousWitInevitableIronyArtificial Book:Essays in Idleness Source: Essays in Idleness
“You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike.” KnowsMenHumorFunnyCertainSituationFireMen And Women Author:Dave Attell
“It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, is its ambiguity. You can simultaneously laugh at a situation, and take it seriously.” ImportantHumorFunnyEasyForgetSituationLaughingComedyGraceLaughterAspectExcellenceSavingAmbiguitySaving Grace Author:Stephen Fry
“I made $3,000 opening for the Neville Brothers, and they paid me in cash. That was a bad situation, because I bought ridiculous stuff. I bought a snake bite emergency kit. Then I said to my friends, "Don't even worry about snakes anymore". My friend stepped on a worm, and I said, "Lay down!"” MadeSaidHumorFunnyStuffSituationWorryBrotherMy FriendsPaidLaysRidiculousOpeningBitesCashSnakesWormsEmergenciesBad Situations Author:Mitch Hedberg
“If you found yourself in a situation where you could either save a drowning man, or you could take a Pulitzer prize winning photograph of him drowning, what shutter speed and setting would you use?” IfsMenUseHumorFunnyFoundWinningSituationPhotographSpeedSettingSettingsPrizeDrowningShuttersPrize Winning Author:Paul Harvey