Wit from writers and comedians, checked as carefully as the serious lines, because funny quotes are misattributed more often than any other kind.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Mark Twain · Funny

I can resist everything except temptation.

Oscar Wilde · Funny

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

Oscar Wilde · Funny

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Oscar Wilde · Funny

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.

Will Rogers · Funny

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

Bruce Almighty (film) · Funny

I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Woody Allen · Funny

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Terry Pratchett · Funny

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it's only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it's two hours. That's relativity.

Albert Einstein · Funny

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

Steven Wright · Funny

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Elbert Hubbard · Funny

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.

Luis Buñuel · Funny

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Yogi Berra · Funny

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Mae West · Funny

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Oscar Wilde · Funny

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Mark Twain · Funny

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

Mark Twain · Funny

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Steve Martin · Funny

Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

Benjamin Franklin · Funny

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

Groucho Marx · Funny

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

Groucho Marx · Funny

I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals; I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.

A. Whitney Brown · Funny

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

Earl Wilson · Funny

The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

Al McGuire · Funny

I'm not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat.

Will Rogers · Funny

If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.

Catherine Aird · Funny

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

Bob Hope · Funny

Education is that which remains, if one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Albert Einstein · Funny

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde · Funny

I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.

Rodney Dangerfield · Funny

I am so smart! S-M-R-T! I mean S-M-A-R-T!

Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) · Funny

Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.

Jennifer Yane · Funny

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Verses and attributions checked against the poets' published collections; lines that circulate online under famous names but are not theirs have been left out. Translations prepared and checked by MyByteNest. Updated 1 October 2026. Spot an error? Tell us.

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