“Nobody says you must laugh, but a sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the day” – Ann Landers

“A sense of humor… is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.” – Hugh Sidey

“Humor comes from self-confidence.” – Rita Mae Brown

“Humor is… despair refusing to take itself seriously.” – Arland Ussher

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“When humor goes, there goes civilization.” – Erma Bombeck

“The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.” – Mark Twain

“He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor.” – Bill Bryson

“It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth.” – George F. Burns

“Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things” – George Carlin