“They won’t put up a statue to me. No, no, no. Nobody’s got that sense of humour.”

“Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common sense, dancing. Those who lack humour are without judgement and should be trusted with nothing.”

Clive James (1939–2019) Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist

“A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“I'm not Hans Christian Andersen. Nobody's gonna make a statue in the park with a lot of scrambling kids climbing up me. I won't have it, okay?”

Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) American illustrator and writer of children's books

“Again, it's fine to not agree with someone's sense of humour, but calling me a fascist, how is that helping anyone?”

PewDiePie (1989) Swedish YouTuber and video game commentator

“I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humour.”

Edward Albee Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

“The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me. I mean, who remembers "Zorba?" Nobody remembers "Zorba."”

Anthony Quinn (1915–2001) Mexican American actor

“All I got is dreams. Nobody else believes. Nobody else can see. Nobody else but me.”

Jay-Z (1969) American rapper, businessman, entrepreneur, record executive, songwriter, record producer and investor

“In the armoury of man, charm is the enchanted dart, light and subtle as a hummingbird. But it is deceptive in one thing - like a sense of humour, if you think you've got it, you probably haven't.”

Laurie Lee (1914–1997) British writer

“A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man”

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher