Thomas Carlyle Quotes

I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

I think anyone who's perfectly happy isn't particularly funny.

I'd be hard-pressed to think of anybody who's made me laugh, who's funny, but who's also relentlessly positive.

I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm laughing.

My only goal is to make you laugh, not tell you the truth.

There is nothing that is so serious that you can't also see its comic side. Comedy is a way of talking about the most serious things.

It's always good to remind yourself of how awful people can be, even when they seem to be projecting kindness.

Men who retain irony are not to be trusted. They can't always resist an impulse to tickle themselves.

It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it.

Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those songs fall flat they can say 'Ah well, we never really meant it anyway.' It's so dishonest.

Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

I can be quite serious sometimes so laughing is key.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.

I love making people laugh. And I love laughing.

Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.

Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.

I don't mean to be funny.

A laugh is a terrible weapon.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.