501 private quotes tagged humor

“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!'” — Catherine O'Hara

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“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.” — Carrie Brownstein

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“I appreciate humor so much, but I'm actually not a funny girl.” — Emmanuelle Chriqui

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“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.” — Hugh Sidey

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“Women's humor seems to be a little more supportive. It's just kind of trying to make the other one laugh through funny voices and kind of talking about other people. I respond to that. I feel less like I'm going to get beat up in a room full of women than I do in a room full of guys.” — Paul Feig

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“Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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

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“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.” — Victoria Beckham

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“A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.” — Don Herold

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“I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.” — Vera Farmiga

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“Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.” — Lord Chesterfield

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“When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.” — Francois Truffaut

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“Comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool to do dead pan humor.” — Brittany Daniel

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“Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.” — Betty White

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“Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.” — Ice Cube

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“I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.” — Katy Perry

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“The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'” — Adam Carolla

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“You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain.” — Terry Bradshaw

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“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.” — Langston Hughes

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“My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my sense of humor.” — Karen Duffy

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“Keep your sense of humor, my friend if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.” — Wavy Gravy

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“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” — Peter Ustinov

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“Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.” — Leo Rosten

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“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.” — Dan Castellaneta

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“Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, m--------e, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.” — Madonna Ciccone

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