1. "A lie travels halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." - Winston Churchill 2. "I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants." - A. Whitney Brown 3. "If you can't make it good, make it funny." - Will Rogers 4. "Humor is just another defense against the universe." - Mel Brooks 5. "The most important thing to remember is this: To be a successful humor writer, you must first be a failed serious writer." - Robert Benchley 6. "Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." - Peter Ustinov 7. "Humor is the denial of death." - Woody Allen 8. "A sense of humor is a major weapon in the fight against tyranny." - Victor Borge 9. "Humor is the only test of gravity." - James Thurber 10. "The secret of life is to have a sense of humor about it." - Charles Chaplin 11. "If you can't make them laugh, make them think." - Russell Brand 12. "Humor is the shortest distance between two people." - Victor Borge 13. "The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up." - Mark Twain 14. "A man who has no sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road." - Henry Ward Beecher 15. "A person who can laugh at himself will never be without friends." - Linda Ellerbee 16. "Humor is the only defense against the universe." - Mel Brooks 17. "The most important thing to remember is this: To be a successful humor writer, you must first be a failed serious writer." - Robert Benchley 18. "Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." - Peter Ustinov 19. "A sense of humor is a major weapon in the fight against tyranny." - Victor Borge 20. "A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that's important because there are a lot of people who don't." - William Fry 21. "The most important thing in life is to have a good sense of humor." - Julius Henry Marx 22. "The ability to laugh at yourself is a great attribute." - Author Unknown