“Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.”
Quotes about humor
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“I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.”
“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.”
“I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I have a reputation of - people think of me as a very fundamentalist, humorless fellow.”
“Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.”
“To this day, I've found that it doesn't matter what a guy looks like if he's really funny. His sense of humor makes him attractive. On the other hand, you don't hear men saying, 'No she's not pretty, but is she ever funny!'”
“With Portlandia, I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy.”
“I appreciate humor so much, but I'm actually not a funny girl.”
“A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.”
“The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.”
“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.”
“A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.”
“Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.”
“Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.”
“We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for a time - like the Egyptians with their pyramids, only with children.”
“You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.”
“You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business of laughter that you can't learn on a set, because it's all on you. Sometimes you bomb, and you know not to tell that joke again... You just hope people find the humor in the awkwardness.”
“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.”
“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”
“Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.”
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”
“My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.”
“A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.”