“The secret to humor is surprise.” HumorSecretPhilosophicalSurpriseSense Of HumorSecret Love Author:Aristotle
“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
“There is scarcely an aspect of the American character to which humor is not related, few which in some sense it has not governed. ... It is a lawless element, full of surprises.” CharacterHumorElementsAspectSurpriseRelatedAmerican Character Author:Constance Rourke
“I was on a bus once, it was in the middle of the night, and I had a box of crackers and a can of Easy Cheese. It was dark, and it was a surprise how much cheese I had applied on each cracker. That's why they should have a glow-in-the-dark version of Easy Cheese. It's not like the product has any integrity to begin with. If you buy a room-temperature cheese that you squeeze out of a can, you probably won't get mad because it glows in the dark too.” IfsShouldHumorFunnyNightEasyDarkRoomsMiddleProductsIntegrityShould HaveMadSurpriseBoxesVersionsBusCheeseTemperatureMiddle Of The NightCrackersGlow In The Dark Author:Mitch Hedberg
“If you're dating a man who you think might be "Mr. Right," if he a) got older, b) got a new job, or c) visited a psychiatrist, you are in for a nasty surprise. The cocoon-to-butterfly theory only works on cocoons and butterflies.” IfsThinkingMenHumorMightFunnyJobsTheoryDatingSurpriseButterflyNastyPsychiatristNew JobCocoonsMr Right Author:Rita Rudner