I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
I am often the brunt of my own humor.
G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.
I have been a big fan of the ‘Fast and the Furious’ franchise. The films are fast-paced, fun and keep the audience involved. There is a great mix of humor and action, something I really appreciate.
I have a very dark sense of humor.
When humor goes, there goes civilization.
I want to have fun. Life ain’t no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I’m a comedian; I ain’t no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.
My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests them, to expand the definition of reading to include humor, science fiction/fantasy, nonfiction, graphic novels, wordless books, audio books and comic books.
’24’ is a pretty serious show – there isn’t a lot of improv that is happening. Having said that, I do play around with the delivery. A lot of the humor comes from playing a character who is very furious and really up in her own brain and in a serious situation. That is humorous to me.
Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.
Humor is this great equalizer. It gets people’s defenses down, and once they’re down, you can discuss some really difficult topics.
There’s such an odd, eclectic group of people that make up the town of Plymouth, New Hampshire. I don’t think I could avoid not coming out of there with a pretty good sense of humor.
Why anybody gets my sense of humor I never know, but I do know that when they do, I keep them as close as I possibly can.
I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you’re not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.
Humor comes from self-confidence.
My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.
Brains and a sense of humor trump everything else.
The people in New York – their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
Humor is not a sign of weakness. In fact, humor can be your greatest asset in the face of tragedy.
I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it’s just not funny.
Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they’re uncomfortable laughs.
My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig’s from ‘Saturday Night Live’ or ‘Bridesmaids.’ Quirky, off the beaten path.
The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.
Good humor isn’t a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.
Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
What we’re doing is fun – if you have any sense of humor at all!
I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it’s impossible and always was impossible to define.
Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery.
When you’re in Hollywood, you get sort of jaded about what you think the sense of humor of Hollywood is supposed to be, so you can’t think outside the box.
What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation, and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy!
Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.
There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.
Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.
Somebody says, ‘Do a Tom Bodett, a folksy kind of thing,’ and it sounds like something out of ‘Hee Haw,’ very insulting. They turn wry humor into disparaging sarcasm, and you get what amounts to insulting advertising.
You hear people say, ‘We take our Tennessee Williams very seriously. There is no laughter here.’ It’s full of humor! Not to laugh is a big, bad mistake!
‘War on Everyone,’ I think… the script was hilarious to me, but it’s very dark, dark humor. It’s super dark.
The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.
A lot of people say, ‘Hey, God doesn’t have a sense of humor.’ Yes, He does. God has a great sense of humor.
Back in 2004, Kellie Overbey handed me her play ‘Girl Talk’ to read. I fell in love with her brutally delicious humor and the fearlessly deft way in which she drew her characters. They jumped off the page and begged me to give them a space in which to stomp around.
Do feminists have a sense of humor? Yes.
The secret to humor is surprise.
I have a good sense of humor. I’m confident, passionate and honest. I’m a people person.
Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.
I think I’ve learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart – and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn’t hurt either.
Humor is to get us over terrible things.
As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.
I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
Without humor, I cannot go on and I doubt many of my readers would go on either. Humor is so important. I am here to have fun here with my work.
I realized women and humor were linked very closely.
Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.
Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.
Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.
When you say a friend has a sense of humor do you mean that he makes you laugh, or that he can make you laugh?
I like dark humor. My favorite movie of all time is ‘Harold and Maude.’
I quite like dark humor.
Humor can prove to be the conversational lubricant you need to remove the tension from the most unpleasant management- and accountability-related conversations.
Humor is a part of spirituality.
I’m a humor writer, so I don’t always present myself in the best light.
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies.
It’s continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you’ve got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don’t think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.
I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend’s garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computers and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.
In a girl I look for honesty above all, someone who I can carry on a conversation with, someone who has a good sense of humor, someone who’s true to herself, and to top it, someone who can get ready for a date in less than ten minutes.
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.
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
You don’t necessarily equate me with humor!
I never write anything without humor, just because I like humor, but at the same time, it is a way for anything fantastical to become relatable.
Expressing my adoration for ‘Chitralaya’ Gopu, the living legend of unadulterated humor, has been in my mind for a while now. What better way to do it than bringing back his hit on stage.
But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.
I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn’t take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own.
In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having socially appropriate responses, having people denying the drama by failing to react to it, and that’s a really classic form of humor.
