Clive James
(1939–2019) Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist
“Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.”
The Redd Foxx Encyclopedia of Black Humor (1977) (co-written with Norma Miller)
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“A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.”
William James
(1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
“The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.”
Source: Sex and the City
“I have a black sense of humor. You try living my life, see what color yours turns.”
Karen Marie Moning
(1964) author
Source: Dreamfever
Ragnar Frisch
(1895–1973) Norwegian economist
Frisch, (1947); Quoted in: Steinar Strøm (1998) Econometrics and Economic Theory in the 20th Century. p. 542
1940-60s
“Peoples' senses of humor tend to go about as far as their ideology.”
Jon Stewart
(1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian
On whether The Daily Show is liberal.
Hartford Advocate Interview (2008)
Context: I think the metric by which television is considered liberal is literally based on the metric of liberalism in each person's soul. Peoples' senses of humor tend to go about as far as their ideology.
William Howard Taft
(1857–1930) American politician, 27th President of the United States (in office from 1909 to 1913)
Irish Humor, address in Hot Springs, Virginia (5 August 1908) http://www.authentichistory.com/1900s/1908election/19080805_William_H_Taft-Irish_Humor.html.