“So the punchline for George Bush is this, you would have wanted him on your side. He never lost his sense of humor. Humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life. That’s what humor is. He never hated anyone — he knew what his mother and my mother always knew: hatred corrodes the container it’s carried in.”

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.”

“Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour: he will always use it in evidence against you.”

“He's got a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything.”

“His vigor was always infectious, his wit barbed, his conversation a mixture of obscenity and good humor. He was at once stimulating and overbearing. George was a magnificent soldier.”

“and he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say for sure? Humor is a very private thing.”

“I have a black sense of humor. You try living my life, see what color yours turns.”

“Jim giggled when he laughed. His sense of humor could be sly and wicked.”

“Philosophy and theology have no effect on him, much less plain common sense. Impossible to convince this man by arguments. But humor he always listens to, even though it be ill humor. A typical Icelander, perhaps.”