501 private quotes tagged humor

“Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.” — Irvin S. Cobb

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“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.” — William Makepeace Thackeray

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“I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first I think he is a real artist, and I also think he's got an amazing sense of humor.” — Jemima Kirke

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“Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.” — George Jean Nathan

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

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“One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor.” — Ralph Fiennes

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“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.” — Jami Gertz

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“I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.” — Suzanne Vega

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“Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor is the Teflon coating.” — Laurel Lee

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“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.” — Grenville Kleiser

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“Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.” — Lana Turner

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“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.” — Marlon Wayans

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“I think I have always had a little humor.” — Marilyn Monroe

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

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“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.” — Horace Walpole

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“You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.” — Daniel H. Wilson

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“I get asked, 'How can you have such failures in your films?' Well, what else is life about? There's some sense of constant failure in something. Humor gives you a distance from it.” — Alexander Payne

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“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.” — Erma Bombeck

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“I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.” — Michael J. Fox

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“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.” — Catherine Deneuve

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“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.” — Anne Lamott

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“Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.” — Virginia Woolf

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“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.” — Dee Dee Myers

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“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.” — Allen Klein

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“What's great about the geek spirit is that life never seems to stop us, and they never seem to kill our enthusiasm, our optimism and our hunger to experience the world. We keep our sense of humor, we protect our dignity, we talk to our friends about the experience and then we start again fresh the very next day.” — Paul Feig

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