I think having a sense of humor is just as important a coping mechanism as it is a gift for everyday life.
I knew racial discrimination at its worst in the 1930s. I lived with the humility of it but I never lost my sense of humor. Humor is the escape valve from the deadly reality of adversity.
I’m very grateful for social media. I think it has shown people my true nature, and through that has come a book deal, and I think it certainly contributes to people’s view of me as a person with a sense of humor, which is only helpful in my industry.
Edward Norton and I have known each other awhile. I just think he’s the real deal, supremely talented and smart. He’s got a great sense of humor.
Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.
Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.
I like an English sense of humor: dry, dirty, a little bit off. That’s kind of my taste.
I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don’t think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.
Clearly, the qualities Poles admire in a secretary of state – foreign languages, diplomatic experience, even sense of humor – are emphatically not those desired in a head of state: So be it.
I’ve dated girls that aren’t, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren’t super smart, but they still are super confident, and that’s more what I’ve been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.
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.
If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
I couldn’t really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt ‘n’ vinegar crisps.
A lot of celebrities have a sense of humor, and combined with an outrageous event, sometimes the sky’s the limit!
You are not just a funny person or just a journalist. Most people are hybrids of having a smart opinion and a great sense of humor.
I have a great sense of humor, I mean even when my meme came out I reposted it. I didn’t care. I was laughing, too!
When you meet someone new who instantly gets you, your sense of humor and your attitudes and your worldview, even if theirs are different – and you get them in return. You both talk and talk and agree and laugh and nod and yes, yes, of course you should get another round of drinks.
I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
My father had a great sense of humor. He wasn’t only the Man in Black. He said it himself in the song ‘Man in Black:’ ‘Ah, I’d love to wear a rainbow every day.’ He was a man of hope.
I think everybody would admit that we’ve got a sense of humor.
With song titles, I try to keep a healthy sense of humor while saying something at the same time.
Everybody I know who is funny, it’s in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don’t like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.
Once you grow up in a routine life, you start looking for funny moments from daily life. I don’t know where did I get my sense of humor from but I used to joke on even small things, slowly things fall in place.
Ingmar Bergman had a great sense of humor, and he had a very special, characteristic laugh that you always recognized – if he went to watch a theater show, ‘Ah! He is here tonight.’
I mean, yeah, I’m sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don’t think it’s all that different than the American sense of humor.
I’m a weird guy with a weird sense of humor.
I think that it’s hard for vain people to be funny. I think you can look any way you want as long as you have a good sense of humor about yourself. People who are concerned with their looks and what they’re wearing and how they present themselves tend to have less of a sense of humor about themselves.
I’m not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I’ll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to.
I’m not too modest of a person. I’ve got a pretty blue sense of humor.
Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.
Two young actresses I admire are Emma Stone and Emma Watson, because they are intelligent, talented actresses and have a great sense of humor. They have learned to balance what they love in life – acting, school and everything else.
If you can appeal to another person’s sense of humor, you can introduce ideas, thoughts, things that they may disagree with or not believe in. At least they’ll listen.
Women respond to comfort and a sense of humor. I was always able to make them laugh, so that helps a lot.
That’s what friendships are, isn’t it? You don’t all have to be the same, as long as you’ve all got the same sense of humor and same attitudes on life.
My own life is wonderful, but if I had to live the life of someone else, I’d gladly choose that of Julia Child or Dr. Seuss: two outrageously original people, each of whom fashioned an idiosyncratic wisdom, passion for life, and sense of humor into an art form that anyone and everyone could savor.
It started out ordinarily enough: In 1975, we were two boys that happened to share a mutual sense of humor, a love of life-affirming music, the records and artists it gave birth to, and a shared sense that we understood it.
People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it’s a sense of humor. If you’ve got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive.
Some people don’t have a sense of humor.
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.
I modeled myself after Deborah Kerr for her romantic, untouched quality; Ingrid Bergman for her strength; and Kay Kendall for her wonderful sense of humor.
A man’s man is respectful, he’s honorable, he’s loyal, he’s sensitive, he’s strong, he’s tough, he’s well-groomed, he has a sense of humor – and he takes care of himself and his lady.
Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we’ll likely not see another like him.
To me, in life, if you have a sense of humor about it, that’s how you deal with anything.
Everybody in my family had a real sick, twisted sense of humor. Most of the jokes we make in our house, we would just never even dream of making anywhere else. Just sick, horrible stuff. That wasn’t anything new to college.
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
So, I’m thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of ‘The Joker’ as a name, and as soon as I thought that, I associate it with the playing card, as my family had a tradition of champion playing; my brother was a contract champion bridge player. There were always cards around the house.
I have a sense of humor and enjoyed playing the role of Daku-amma in the serial ‘Gunwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge.’
As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis.
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.
I always say I owe my sense of humor to ‘The Muppets’ because I didn’t necessarily know what was going on when I watched ‘The Muppet Show,’ and obviously, ‘Sesame Street’ was made just for me.
I think it’s a brilliant tool to have, not only to have a sense of humor, but to be able to use humor to help one navigate life, and I tend not to be that type of person. I wish I were.
When you work crazy TV hours, you got to have a good sense of humor.
I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything’s going to fall apart.
Be fun! I don’t like homes or rooms that don’t have a sense of humor or have some sense of whimsy or a personality. Your home should reflect who you are, and what you love. I would never have something in my home because it’s the thing to have. I have to love it and it needs some connection to me.
My dad had a great sense of humor; he was a very funny guy and did know how to laugh.
When I was doing research on the M.C.s and spending time with these cats, one of the things that struck me and made me realize that I could deliver this world to an audience was their really dark and acute sense of humor.
