Gallows Humor/Quotes

"The two funniest groups of human beings I've ever been around are Indians and Jewish folks. So I guess that says something about the inherent humor of genocide."

- Sherman Alexie

"If you can't stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they're hanging around."

- Harry Dresden, Turn Coat

"We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."

- Benjamin Franklin, to the Continental Congress, just before signing the Declaration of Independence

"We had to joke about it, because the alternative was to be scared out of your wits"

- Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games

"C-3PO: His high exaltedness, the Great Jabba the Hutt, has decreed that you are to be terminated immediately. Han Solo: Good, I hate long waits."

- Return of the Jedi

"Cpl. Gabe Garza: How's it feel, motherfucker? How's it feel to be fuckin' dead? Cpl. Jason Lilley: Bro, it feels sad. I feel very alone. And also, I gotta take a shit."

- Generation Kill

""If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.""

- Birgitte Silverbow,Wheel of Time

"We call ourselves the "6th Panzer Army", because we've only got 6 Panzers left."

- Sepp Dietrich, German general in World War II