We are now in January.
A month that can feel too dark, cold and on some days almost endless. It’s no wonder it’s sometimes called the Monday of months.
So to help you to make this a good one and give you some laughs and new energy on tough days I’d like to share 85 of the most hilarious, positive and funny January quotes.
I hope you’ll find something here to help lift your spirits.
Funny January Quotes for a Happy Month
“January is the calendar’s ingrown hair.”
– Stewart Stafford
“If I had my way, I would remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.”
– Roald Dahl
“I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.”
– Gary Cole
“I think it would be more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second.”
– Helen Fielding
“Lots of people go mad in January. January is the third most common month for madness.”
– Karen Joy Fowler
“January is the month of empty pockets!”
– Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
“January is the best time of year for gym owners. You all come. It’s great! And then, by Valentine’s Day, you’re not coming in anymore.”
– David Kirsch
“January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.”
– Michael Caine
“Feeling a little blue in January is normal.”
– Marilu Henner
“I love the Mediterranean for the fact that winter is over in a minute, and the almond blossom arrives in January.”
– Jade Jagger
“January is the Monday of months.”
– Unknown
“Somewhere along the way, I realized that the new year doesn’t begin for me in January.”
– Betsy Cañas Garmon
“I’ll never understand why everybody puts so much emphasis on January first. There are 364 other days in the year that you can make a change.”
– Elizabeth Eulberg
“You’d be so lean that the blast of January would blow you through and through.”
– William Shakespeare
“I like starting projects in January. That’s the best time to start something. It’s so inward.”
– Carolyn Chute
“There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogs.”
– Hal Borland
Short Funny January Quotes That Will Make You Laugh
“Winter is nature’s way of saying, ‘Up yours.’”
– Robert Byrne
“The light made the snowballs look yellow. Or at least I hoped that was the cause.”
– Gary D. Schmidt
“For every snowflake that falls, an idiot forgets how to drive.”
– Unknown
“It was so cold I almost got married.”
– Shelley Winters
“The problem with winter sports is that – follow me closely here – they generally take place in winter.”
– Dave Barry
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”
– Carl Reiner
“Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.”
– Sinclair Lewis