“And we all vied, in saving face, to be the greatest student of human nature, the person with the quickest sense of humor.”

“To my mind, a well-developed sense of humor is the surest indication of a person's humanity, no matter how black and bitter that humor may be.”

“An individual deficient in the sense of humor represents more of a challenge to our idea of the human than a person of subnormal intelligence”

“Nature has a pretty sick sense of humor.”

“I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.”

“The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as ‘Christians’ will become disciples – students, apprentices, practitioners – of Jesus Christ, steadily learning from him how to live the life of the Kingdom of the Heavens into every corner of human existence.”