„Jim giggled when he laughed. His sense of humor could be sly and wicked.“

„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 misfortunes.“

—  Bert Williams American comedian and actor 1874 - 1922

Bert Williams, The comic side of trouble, January 1918, American Magazine 85, 33-34, 58-60. Quoted in From traveling show to vaudeville: theatrical spectacle in America, 1830-1910, 2003, Robert M. Lewis, JHU Press, ISBN 0801870879.

„His wicked sense of humour suggests exciting sex
His fingers focus on her
Her touches
He's Venus as a Boy!“

—  Björk Icelandic singer-songwriter 1965

"Venus as a Boy", from the CD single Venus as a Boy (1993)
Songs

„He was a master of humor. He believed that humor is the test of the natural, of the sensible, of the truth. To him most persons who have no sense of humor are generally absurd.“

—  Epifanio de los Santos Filipino politician 1871 - 1928

The Manila Tribune. April 19, 1928.
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„Never lose your sense of humor. Tomorrow could be worse.“

—  Carol Higgins Clark Novelist 1956

„Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.“

—  Clive James Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist 1939 - 2019

„You need to laugh more. Life is filled with too many problems, to not laugh every day. … We need to have a sense of humor going into this because it's too tough without it.“

—  Ysabella Brave American singer 1979

"Everyday Bravery" (25 March 2007)

„Anybody with a good sense of humor is one-up on their competition. We respond to somebody who has the ability to make us laugh. It's a bonding influence.“

—  Robert Orben American magician and writer 1928

Kevin Merida (February 15, 1988) "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to The White House - The one-laugh-one-vote theory has candidates cracking wise", The Dallas Morning News, p. 1C.

„One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor.“

—  Ayn Rand, книга The Fountainhead

Источник: The Fountainhead

„He's got a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything.“

—  Cassandra Clare, книга City of Bones

Источник: City of Bones

„Will sensed a stir in Jim's house; Jim, too, with his fine dark antennae, must have felt the waters part high over town to let a Leviathan pass.“

—  Ray Bradbury, книга Something Wicked This Way Comes

Источник: Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962), Chapter 29

„If I didn't have a sense of humor, how could I stand this trial now?“

—  Hermann Göring German politician and military leader 1893 - 1946

To Leon Goldensohn (27 May 1946)
The Nuremberg Interviews (2004)

„and he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say for sure? Humor is a very private thing.“

—  Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

Источник: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

„A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.“

—  William James American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist 1842 - 1910

„Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.“

—  Horace Walpole English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician 1717 - 1797

„Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.“

—  Francis Bacon English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author 1561 - 1626

„Congratulations, you have a sense of humor.“

—  Jesse Ventura American politician and former professional wrestler 1951

Speaking in a news conference to reporters, where a few were wearing the "Official Jackal" security passes that he had issued. (23 February 2001)
Контексте: Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

„So the punchline for George Bush is this, you would have wanted him on your side. He never lost his sense of humor. Humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life. That’s what humor is. He never hated anyone — he knew what his mother and my mother always knew: hatred corrodes the container it’s carried in.“

—  Alan Simpson American politician 1931

Eulogy of George H. W. Bush reported in Former Wyoming Sen. Al Simpson eulogizes George Bush at national funeral, Reynolds, Nick, 2018-12-06, The Billings Gazette, 2018-12-06 https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/former-wyoming-sen-al-simpson-eulogizes-george-bush-at-national/article_d1e919ae-7f82-530e-abf0-cab64efe23e3.html,

„Leader of the Chorus: An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.“

—  Aristophanés, The Knights

tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Aristoph.+Kn.+1274
Knights, line 1274-1275
Knights (424 BC)

„Of course one worries about getting older - we're all fearful of death, let's not kid ourselves. I'm simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deeper. Who wants a face with no history, no sense of humor?“

—  Cate Blanchett Australian actress 1969

11 Amazing Quotes From Cate Blanchett, Marie Claire, 13 November 2014 https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/marie-claire/news-and-views/celebrity/a/25503850/11-amazing-quotes-from-cate-blanchett/,