Quotes on humor

There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girl's sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief system; it could be a lot of different things.

Author: Jensen Ackles

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.

Author: Edward Albee

All I know about humor is that I don't know anything about it.

Author: Fred Allen

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

Author: Steve Allen

Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people.

Author: Robert Altman

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor.

Author: Avi Arad

Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there.

Author: Sergio Aragones

The secret to humor is surprise.

Author: Aristotle

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Author: Francis Bacon

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.

Author: Antonio Banderas

Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.

Author: Lynda Barry

If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time.

Author: Lynda Barry

You've got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity.

Author: Lance Bass

I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.

Author: Victoria Beckham

If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor.

Author: Kate Beckinsale

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

Author: Henry Beecher

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them.

Author: Robert Benchley

Gags die, humor doesn't.

Author: Jack Benny

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress.

Author: Tom Berenger

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.

Author: Silvio Berlusconi

I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.

Author: Shelley Berman

But because it was able to balance that kind of humor with a sweet story and characters you really rooted for and also got across the girls' point of view, I've heard nothing but great things from younger and older females as well.

Author: Jason Biggs

When humor goes, there goes civilization.

Author: Erma Bombeck

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

Author: Erma Bombeck

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.

Author: Edward Bono

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

Author: Edward Bono

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

Author: Victor Borge

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books.

Author: Berke Breathed

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Author: Mel Brooks

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

Author: A. Brown

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

Author: Alton Brown

Humor comes from self-confidence.

Author: Rita Brown

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

Author: Thomas Browne

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.

Author: Jimmy Buffett

I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else.

Author: Delta Burke

When life gives you lemons, it's okay to throw them back and demand chocolate instead.

Author: Veronica Banks

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.

Author: Edgar Burroghs

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

Author: Samuel Butler

This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section.

Author: John Callahan

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares? He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!

Author: Billy Connolly

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

Author: Thomas Carlyle

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Author: Thomas Carlyle

The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far.

Author: Nancy Cartwright

The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.

Author: Dan Castellaneta

Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.

Author: Emanuel Celler

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Author: Miguel Cervantes

Life is a journey best navigated with a compass of kindness, a map of curiosity, and a suitcase full of laughter.

Author: Sarah Johnson

Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself.

Author: Lita Chaplin

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.

Author: Chevy Chase

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

Author: Dick Clark

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

Author: Frank Clark

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

Author: Bobby Clarke

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it.

Author: Kate Clinton

Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.

Author: Adam Clymer

Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

Author: Irvin Cobb

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?

Author: Frank Colby

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.

Author: Samuel Coleridge

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

Author: Samuel Coleridge

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Author: Sidonie Colette

Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

Author: Robert Collier

I try to bring it across on my record, in my dress, in what I do and what I say because to me humor is important. You should have a dose of that and I guess giving it is what I'm here for.

Author: Bootsy Collins

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.

Author: William Collins

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.

Author: William Collins

My fam is just a regular family. But all of them have great senses of humor.

Author: Dane Cook

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.

Author: Mason Cooley

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

Author: Chris Cooper

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

Author: Bill Cosby

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.

Author: Courteney Cox

Comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool to do dead pan humor.

Author: Brittany Daniel

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

Author: Robertson Davies

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

Author: Catherine Deneuve

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

Author: Mark Doren

When life gives you lemons, trade them for coffee.

Author: Jenna Fischer

Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.

Author: Dick Dyke

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.

Author: Freeman Dyson

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

Author: Max Eastman

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

Author: Max Eastman

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

Author: Umberto Eco

I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.

Author: Zac Efron

Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.

Author: Eminem

I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists.

Author: Mike Epps

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.

Author: Clifton Fadiman

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.

Author: Sherilyn Fenn

The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.

Author: Geraldine Ferraro

Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.

Author: Suzanne Fields

Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.

Author: Milos Forman

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

Author: Bill Forsyth

When you say a friend has a sense of humor do you mean that he makes you laugh, or that he can make you laugh?

Author: Max Frisch

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

Author: Robert Frost

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.

Author: John Galbraith

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

Author: Teri Garr

Humor is healing.

Author: Brad Garrett

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Author: Romain Gary

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.

Author: Larry Gelbart

Being a Hot Mom means being respected as a mom and a woman. And, the key to being a Hot Mom is having a sense of humor about yourself and all the crazy situations that arise.

Author: Jami Gertz

Success is not defined by the achievements you flaunt, but by the obstacles you overcome in silence.

Author: Lily Singh

I've had a very laughable career and what has seen me through is my sense of humor.

Author: Linda Gray

A lot of stars don't have a sense of humor.

Author: Kathy Griffin

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

Author: Lisa Guerrero

Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.

Author: Cathy Guisewite

The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.

Author: Arthur Hailey

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

Author: George Herbert

I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence.

Author: Kristin Hersh

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

Author: Carl Hiaasen

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

Author: Thomas Higginson

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother.

Author: Patricia Highsmith

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

Author: Lou Holtz

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

Author: Bob Hope

I've got a great sense of humor.

Author: Anthony Hopkins

Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.

Author: Terrence Howard

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.

Author: Langston Hughes

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Author: Langston Hughes

I don't like jokes in speeches. I do like wit and humor. A joke is to humor what pornography is to erotic language in a good novel.

Author: James Humes

Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.

Author: Tab Hunter

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

Author: Anjelica Huston

Puns are a form of humor with words.

Author: Guillermo Infante

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Author: Washington Irving

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

Author: Steve Irwin

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

Author: William James

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

Author: Thomas Jefferson

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

Author: Peter Jennings

And it really pisses Peter and Micky off when I get onto one of those tangents where I start to do humor.

Author: Davy Jones

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

Author: Jennifer Jones

They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever.

Author: Mike Judge

You may not like the humor, but that is why every radio has an on-off button.

Author: Mel Karmazin

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that.

Author: Lawrence Kasdan

Incongruity, they say, is one of the main ingredients of humor. Maybe it's because everybody can feel superior to me. I honestly don't know.

Author: Emmett Kelly

People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it's a sense of humor. If you've got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive.

Author: Phil Keoghan

In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets; you may not find something to laugh about immediately.

Author: Allen Klein

Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.

Author: Allen Klein

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

Author: Allen Klein

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.

Author: Allen Klein

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.

Author: Allen Klein

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Author: Allen Klein

Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.

Author: Allen Klein

Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.

Author: Allen Klein

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

Author: Allen Klein

Humor can be one of our best survival tools.

Author: Allen Klein

Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.

Author: Allen Klein

When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.

Author: Allen Klein

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.

Author: Allen Klein

Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.

Author: Allen Klein

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

Author: Allen Klein

What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!

Author: Calvin Klein

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.

Author: Bobby Knight

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.

Author: Dean Koontz

Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives?

Author: John Kricfalusi

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

Author: Doug Larson

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.

Author: Sinclair Lewis

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.

Author: John Lithgow