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" Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. "

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" 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. "

" Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see. "

" The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune. "

" I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor. "

Christopher Hitchens

" Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. "

" The secret to humor is surprise. "

" 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. "

" So once I thought of the villain with a sense of humor, I began to think of a name and the name "the Joker" immediately came to mind. There was the association with the Joker in the deck of cards, and I probably yelled literally, 'Eureka!' because I knew I had the name and the image at the same time. "

" I come from a family of teasers myself. My grandfather was from Liverpool, and he had a dry sense of humor, and he would tease us terribly. My brother Beau was so skilled in his teasing that he could get a rise out of me by simply pointing at me. "

" 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. "

" What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation, and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy! "

Joseph Pulitzer

" I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor. "

" I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers. "

" A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say. "

" My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not. "

" A painter may be looking at the world in a way which is very different from everyone else. If he's a craftsman, he can get other people to see the world through his eyes, and so he enlarges our vision, perception, and there's great value in that. "

" Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun. "

" The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it. "

" If you never change your mind, why have one? "

" The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. "

" I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart. "

" Laughter is an instant vacation. "

" Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. "

" I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things. "

" You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they've got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything you'll ever see on TV. "

" My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of humor, you can be sexy but comfortable, you can be timeless but fresh. "

" Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple. "

" The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. "

" Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. "