"Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots." ― Steve Allen Topic(s): Humor More From Steve Allen "Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances." More In Humor "The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny."― Jason Alexander "You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they’ve got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything you’ll ever see on TV."― Harvey Pekar "Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."― Francis Bacon