13 George Bernard Shaw Quotes on Humor

George Bernard Shaw quotes on humor

2. My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

4. I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler. I don't like beer.

53. 'Composers are not human; They can live on diminished sevenths, and be contented with a pianoforte for a wife, and a string quartette for a family.'

65. Marry Ann; and at the end of a week you'll find no more inspiration in her than in a plate of muffins.

132. Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

147. My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.

163. Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

170. I wouldn't have ate it, only I'm too lady-like to take it out of my mouth.

211. I often quote myself. I find it adds spice to the conversation.

226. The average age (life expectancy) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and I am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beefsteak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.

238. There is no love sincerer than the love of food.[1]

241. When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.[1]

246. If you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh; otherwise they'll kill you. (cited in the lead credits to the movie C.S.A. Confederate States of America; also sometimes attributed to Oscar Wilde).