“Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.”
Oscar Wilde
“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 Sr.
“Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.”
Mark Twain
“I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious - unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind and keep them shut by force”
“A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done”
Dwight David Eisenhower
“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself”
Jessamyn West
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”
William Arthur Ward
