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.

Will Rogers
Winston Churchill
George Carlin
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.

Mark Twain
Plato
Will Rogers
Henry Ward Beecher

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

Lewis Black
E. B. White
Mark Twain
Will Rogers

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

Bob Hope
Sid Caesar
George Burns
George Carlin

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

Carole Burnett
Peter Ustinov
Jeff Goldblum
Lucille Ball

6. Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Mark Twain
Will Rogers
George Carlin
Charlie Chaplin

7. Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Mark Twain
Mel Brooks
Lewis Black
George Carlin

8. Humor is reason gone mad.

Chico Marx
Groucho Marx
Jerry Seinfeld
Harpo Marx

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

Dennis Leary
Mohandas Gandhi
Robin Williams
Lewis Black

10. When humor goes, there goes civilization.

Bill Cosby
Mark Twain
Erma Bombeck
Will Rogers

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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;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Winston Churchill</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</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;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Plato</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Henry Ward Beecher</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;">(#) Lewis Black</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) E. B. White</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</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;">(#) Sid Caesar</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Burns</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</div>
<br>5. Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Carole Burnett</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Peter Ustinov</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jeff Goldblum</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lucille Ball</div>
<br>6. Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Charlie Chaplin</div>
<br>7. Humor is just another defense against the universe.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mel Brooks</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lewis Black</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</div>
<br>8. Humor is reason gone mad.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chico Marx</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Groucho Marx</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jerry Seinfeld</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Harpo Marx</div>
<br>9. If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dennis Leary</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mohandas Gandhi</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Robin Williams</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lewis Black</div>
<br>10. When humor goes, there goes civilization.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bill Cosby</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Erma Bombeck</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div>
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