It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.

Quote by Edward De Bono

Topics: Humor Quotes, Reason Quotes

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas....

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas....

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at...

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at...

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a...

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a...

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing...

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing...

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been...

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation...

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation...

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

It was hard for me to do the show (All American Girl) because a lot...

It was hard for me to do the show (All American Girl) because a lot...

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And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.

I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little...

I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little...

Alcohol is the cause and the solution to many of life's problems.

Alcohol is the cause and the solution to many of life's problems.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

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

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

The door that will no longer open is usually the one that you slammed shut.

The door that will no longer open is usually the one that you slammed shut.

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out...

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think...

Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think...