Humorous Famous Quotes

Have you heard the one about...? These are quotes about humor. They may or may not be funny, but they are always about funny. Just tell me who said them.

"Necessity... the mother of invention" - Plato

Quiz created by: Bill Graves

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1. A joke is a very serious thing.

Winston Churchill
George Carlin
Will Rogers
Robin Williams

2. A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

Will Rogers
Plato
Henry Ward Beecher
Mark Twain

3. Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

Mark Twain
Will Rogers
E. B. White
Lewis Black

4. Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.

Bob Hope
George Carlin
Sid Caesar
George Burns

5. Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Jeff Goldblum
Lucille Ball
Peter Ustinov
Carole Burnett

6. Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

George Carlin
Charlie Chaplin
Mark Twain
Will Rogers

7. Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Lewis Black
George Carlin
Mel Brooks
Mark Twain

8. Humor is reason gone mad.

Jerry Seinfeld
Harpo Marx
Groucho Marx
Chico Marx

9. If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

Robin Williams
Mohandas Gandhi
Dennis Leary
Lewis Black

10. When humor goes, there goes civilization.

Mark Twain
Will Rogers
Erma Bombeck
Bill Cosby

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<h1>Humorous Famous Quotes</h1><p>Have you heard the one about...? These are quotes about humor. They may or may not be funny, but they are always about funny. Just tell me who said them.<br /><br />"Necessity... the mother of invention" - Plato</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/billgraves.shtml">Bill Graves</a></p><br>1. A joke is a very serious thing.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Winston Churchill</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Robin Williams</div>
<br>2. A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Plato</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Henry Ward Beecher</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div>
<br>3. Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) E. B. White</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lewis Black</div>
<br>4. Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bob Hope</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sid Caesar</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Burns</div>
<br>5. Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jeff Goldblum</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lucille Ball</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Peter Ustinov</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Carole Burnett</div>
<br>6. Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Charlie Chaplin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div>
<br>7. Humor is just another defense against the universe.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lewis Black</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mel Brooks</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div>
<br>8. Humor is reason gone mad.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jerry Seinfeld</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Harpo Marx</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Groucho Marx</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chico Marx</div>
<br>9. If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Robin Williams</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mohandas Gandhi</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dennis Leary</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lewis Black</div>
<br>10. When humor goes, there goes civilization.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Erma Bombeck</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bill Cosby</div>
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