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When we laugh together, we are sharing much more than a moment鈥檚 pleasure鈥攈umor connects us, disarms us and reinvigorates us. What makes us laugh varies from person to person and culture to culture, but humor is a universal tool for communicating and understanding one other. These memorable words from influential people around the world and throughout history highlight the value of humor in all aspects of life.
鈥淲e learn best in moments of enjoyment.鈥�
鈥擱ALPH C. SMEDLEY
鈥擱ALPH C. SMEDLEY
鈥淗umor is laughing at what you haven鈥檛 got when you ought to have it.鈥�
鈥擫ANGSTON HUGHES
鈥擫ANGSTON HUGHES
鈥淗umor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.鈥�
鈥擬ARK TWAIN
鈥擬ARK TWAIN
鈥淭he secret to humor is surprise.鈥�
鈥擜搁滨厂罢翱罢尝贰
鈥淎 sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.鈥�
鈥擠WIGHT D. EISENHOWER
鈥淣o mind is thoroughly well-organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.鈥�
鈥擫ANGSTON HUGHES
鈥淲hat is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.鈥�
鈥擱EINHOLD NIEBUHR
鈥擱EINHOLD NIEBUHR
鈥淚鈥檓 not funny. What I am is brave.鈥�
鈥擫UCILLE BALL
鈥淓verything is funny, as long as it鈥檚 happening to somebody else.鈥�
鈥擶ILL ROGERS
鈥擶ILL ROGERS
鈥淗umor is something that thrives between man鈥檚 aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.鈥�
鈥擵ICTOR BORGE
鈥淲hen humor goes, there goes civilization.鈥�
鈥擡RMA BOMBECK
鈥擡RMA BOMBECK
鈥淐omedy is simply a funny way of being serious.鈥�
鈥擯ETER USTINOV
鈥擯ETER USTINOV
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