Humor Quotes

Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.

It's very hard to write humor.

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

The rejection that we all take and the sadness and the aggravation and the loss of jobs and all of the things that we live through in our lives, without a sense of humor, I don't know how people make it.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom.

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

I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.

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.

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

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

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

Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

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.

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.

It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment once again and examining the specifics of our day-to-day lives against the backdrop of an extraordinary adventure.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

All the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended.

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

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

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it.

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.

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

It's odd how violence and humor so often go together, isn't it?

I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.

If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.