Quotes about Humor

“In business, there are times when you disagree, and sometimes it turns out that you're just plain wrong. Humor takes away tension and helps you realize you're wrong.”

“You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.”

“I can't not put humor in a book.”

“I don't know if my sense of humor goes over Americans' heads.”

“I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.”

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

“I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh.”

“My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.”

“I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.”

“Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.”

“If golf wasn't enjoyable and there wasn't a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it.”

“What I wrote all the time when I was a kid - I don't want to call it 'poetry,' because it wasn't poetry. I was not that kind of a writer. I was a rhymer. I was a fan of Dorothy Parker's, so maybe I wrote poetry to that extent, but my main focus was the humor of it, and word construction, and the slant. Your words, it's a very powerful experience.”

“I remember seeing McCoy Tyner in concert, and thinking that the music was incredible, but wanting to be invited in. I figured that humor was the way of letting the audience in. I've gotten a hard time about it, but I love to be funny onstage.”

“Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting.”

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

“When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.”

“It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.”

“Having a sense of humor is a part of being courageous. It's a source of strength.”

“But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me.”

“Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives.”

“A woman who knows that she doesn't have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important.”