501 private quotes tagged humor

“The secret to humor is surprise.”— Aristotle

“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”— Mahatma Gandhi

“The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities: a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.”— Ambrose Bierce

“We do not take humor seriously enough.”— Konrad Lorenz

“Cynicism is humor in ill health.”— H. G. Wells

“When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.”— Allen Klein

“I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release.”— Joaquin Phoenix

“Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.”— Rashida Jones

“My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps.”— Warwick Davis

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

“The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, 'Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool.'”— Billy Gardell

“My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.”— Warwick Davis

“Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.”— Carter Burwell

“My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me on Spike Jones records and W.C. Fields movies, and his sense of humor fell somewhere in between.”— Tony Visconti

“If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.”— Teri Garr

“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.”— Marlo Thomas

“Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?”— Dick Clark

“You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.”— Allen Klein

“A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.”— Courteney Cox

“There is nothing like the way people feel after they've seen 'The Intouchables.' They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible. It's intelligent-feeling good. You're not insulted by the low-browness or stupidity of some of the humor. It's so smart and terrific.”— Harvey Weinstein

“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.”— Greg Kinnear

“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.”— Wallace Shawn

“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.”— Ian MacKaye

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