Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn. – Irvin S. Cobb

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Humor
category

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you. – A. Whitney Brown

Category:
Humor

If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony. – Xun Zi

Category:
Humor

Any man who has had the job Ive had and didnt have a sense of humor wouldnt still be here. – Harry S. Truman

Category:
Humor

I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be. – Josh Gad

Category:
Humor

Random Quotes

I did not fully understand the dread term “terminal illness” until I saw Heathrow for myself. – Dennis Potter, 1978

Category:
Travel

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. – Ben Williams

Category:
Dogs

If you want to possess things—money; if you want to possess yourself—meditation. And if you possess yourself, money loses all meaning. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Category:
Meditation

As an actress, its part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything – even if its not within your personal experience. – Rachel Weisz

Category:
Experience