A Quote by John Lennon

Sarcasim is the lowest form of humor.

John Lennon

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Form Humor Lowest

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John Lennon
English - Musician
October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980

Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.

Benjamin Franklin

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Alexander Pope

A pun is the lowest form of humor—when you don't think of it first.

Oscar Levant

A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.

Doug Larson

I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.

John Oliver

People have very specific opinions of comedy. Slapstick was an art form in the '20s and the lowest form of show business in the '50s. Who's right, who's wrong? Who's an idiot, who's not?

Martin Short

An interesting difference between African-American humor and Jewish humor, in it's kind of basic or maybe most austere type form is, African-American humor, some of it comes out of playing the dozens in which you insult the other person or insult the other person's mother, and so much of Jewish humor is like, you're insulting yourself. It's totally self-deprecating.

Terry Gross

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Oscar Wilde

Singing is the lowest form of communication.

Homer

We need more intellect and humor back on television, instead of the lowest common denominator of comedy - like the fart joke!

Eddie Griffin

Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.

Zhuangzi

Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy.

Michael O'Donoghue

Working on newspapers, you're writing to a certain length, often very brief pieces; you tend to look for easy forms of humor - women can't drive, things like that. That's about the level of a lot of newspaper humor. It becomes a form of laziness.

Tom Wolfe

During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Now that Democrats control the White House and Congress, the left treats dissent as the lowest form of treason.