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.

George Carlin
Winston Churchill
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.

Mark Twain
Plato
Henry Ward Beecher
Will Rogers

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

Lewis Black
E. B. White
Will Rogers
Mark Twain

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

George Carlin
Bob Hope
George Burns
Sid Caesar

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

Jeff Goldblum
Carole Burnett
Lucille Ball
Peter Ustinov

6. Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Mark Twain
George Carlin
Will Rogers
Charlie Chaplin

7. Humor is just another defense against the universe.

George Carlin
Mel Brooks
Mark Twain
Lewis Black

8. Humor is reason gone mad.

Chico Marx
Harpo Marx
Groucho Marx
Jerry Seinfeld

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

Dennis Leary
Robin Williams
Lewis Black
Mohandas Gandhi

10. When humor goes, there goes civilization.

Erma Bombeck
Bill Cosby
Mark Twain
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;">(#) George Carlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Winston Churchill</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;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Plato</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Henry Ward Beecher</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</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;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</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;">(#) George Carlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bob Hope</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Burns</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sid Caesar</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;">(#) Carole Burnett</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lucille Ball</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Peter Ustinov</div>
<br>6. Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Charlie Chaplin</div>
<br>7. Humor is just another defense against the universe.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Carlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mel Brooks</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lewis Black</div>
<br>8. Humor is reason gone mad.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chico Marx</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Harpo Marx</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Groucho Marx</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jerry Seinfeld</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;">(#) Robin Williams</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lewis Black</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mohandas Gandhi</div>
<br>10. When humor goes, there goes civilization.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Erma Bombeck</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bill Cosby</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div>
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