Humorous Sayings

177 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 177 authors

The greatest danger to freedom is the absence of a joke.

— Salman Rushdie 2015
Food & Drink

I'm not a machine. I'm a human being. I have feelings. I have a soul. And I don't like being told what to do.

— Haruki Murakami 1987
Self-Deprecating

I don't think I'm a folksinger. I'm a song and dance man.

— Bob Dylan 1966
Self-Deprecating

As you get older, the questions get bigger and the answers get smaller.

— David Bowie 1999
General

The only thing that ever sat me down was a piano.

— Prince 1999
General

I always knew I was a star, and now the rest of the world seems to agree with me.

— Freddie Mercury 1976
Self-Deprecating

I'm not a perfect person. I've made mistakes. I've had my ups and downs. I've had my good times and my bad times. But I've always come back stronger.

— Whitney Houston 2009
General

I'm a perfectionist. I'm a workaholic. And I don't like to be late. I'm never late.

— Michael Jackson 1995
Self-Deprecating

I’m not gonna let some guy that I met at a party five months ago dictate what my health is or what I should say or do.

— Taylor Swift 2019
General

A lot of people say 'think outside the box' but they don't realise that the box is the only thing that's actually there.

— Banksy 2005
General

I'm just a working girl. I'm not a celebrity. I'm just a working girl.

— Dolly Parton 2020
Work & Money

I'm just a regular guy, I got a regular job, I got a regular family. I just happen to be a rapper.

— Eminem 2000
Work & Money

We've got to make the small things count. We've got to make them sing.

— Steve Jobs 1997
General

If I'd had some idea of the scope of the project, I'd have been a lot more hesitant.

— Bill Gates 1995
General

I could create a Twitter competitor and it would be way better than Twitter.

— Elon Musk 2018
Food & Drink

I'm not a big fan of work-life balance. I think it's a trap.

— Jeff Bezos 2018
Work & Money

I actually think that a lot of what people think is privacy, isn't actually privacy.

— Mark Zuckerberg 2010
General

I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am an investor.

— Warren Buffett 1996
Self-Deprecating

I still have my first two credit cards. I haven't used them in 20 years. I just like to know they're there.

— Oprah Winfrey 2006
General

My job is to wake up every morning and say, 'Oh, we're still alive.'

— Jack Ma 2015
Work & Money
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