Humor in the World #AtoZChallenge

Humor and the role of laughter is a human characteristic.  While this may not be the mechanics of world-building per se, how worlds play upon the human condition (or whatever species you are building) is very much part of how the world works, and how beings survive in it.   For this post, I am going explore the impact of humor in the world through a series of 10 quotes. I start with William Hazlitt, because its his quote that initially got me thinking about the role of laughter and humor when creating world.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. 

William Hazlitt

Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It’s the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one’s fellow human beings.

Maya Angelou

I’ve found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it’s the only thing that’ll make it stop hurting. 

Robert Heinlien

When humor goes, there goes civilization.

Erma Bombeck

Humor is reason gone mad.

Groucho Marx

Comedy is acting out optimism.

Robin Williams

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Eric Sevareid

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue

Virginia Woolf

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

Mahatma Gandhi

Humor is something that thrives between man’s aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

Victor Borge

Your turn. Which quote above appeals to you most? Please visit all the other bloggers participating in the A to Z Challenge.