CURATED COLLECTION

Finding Humor in Hard Times

Humor in the dark is not a coping mechanism — it is a genuine form of defiance and resilience.

20 quotes found

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Go to heaven for the climate, hell for the company.

—Mark TwainNovelist & Humorist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Laughter is healing. You gotta laugh at everything, even the pain.

—Tiffany HaddishScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I buried my money under the biggest stone,' he said. Later, 'There is a bigger stone somewhere else!'

—Nasreddin HodjaPhilosopher & Satirist

Medieval ERA • MENA

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They honor my coat, not me. Therefore, Coat, eat this food!

—Nasreddin HodjaPhilosopher & Satirist

Medieval ERA • MENA

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The middle of the world is right where my donkey's hooves stand. Measure it if you don't believe!

—Nasreddin HodjaPhilosopher & Satirist

Medieval ERA • MENA

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It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am.

—Muhammad AliBoxer & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself too seriously, you're dead in the water.

—Betty WhiteActress, Comedian

Contemporary ERA • North America

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I intend to live forever, or die trying.

—Groucho MarxComedian, Actor

Post-War ERA • North America

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I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

—Groucho MarxComedian, Actor

Early Modern ERA • North America

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Why, I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.

—Groucho MarxComedian, Actor

Early Modern ERA • North America

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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk forward.

—Franklin D. RooseveltPresident

Early Modern ERA • North America

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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see the world as it is.

—Elizabeth Cady StantonActivist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

—Mark TwainNovelist & Humorist

Early Modern ERA • North America

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The minority is always right.

—Henrik IbsenPlaywright

Industrial Age ERA • Nordic

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Humor is the last refuge of sincerity in a hypocritical world, a sharp truth.

—Juan VilloroNovelist, Journalist & Essayist

Digital Age ERA • Latin America

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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

—George Bernard ShawPlaywright, critic

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

—George CarlinStand-up Comedian

Contemporary ERA • North America

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It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.

—Dolly PartonCountry Singer

Post-War ERA • North America

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Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.

—Dorothy ParkerWriter, Satirist

Early Modern ERA • North America

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I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb.

—Dolly PartonCountry Singer

Late Modern ERA • North America