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Humor Quotes
"I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes."
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"What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor."
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"The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit."
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"I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else."
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"Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set."
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"Life is too hard to maintain a constantly serious outlook. You have to laugh at yourself and the world now and then-see humor in undesirable circumstances, even harsh situations-or you will either rot from the inside or go stark-raving mad. Humor is power against the worst oppression. It lightens heavy burdens; it allows one to smile while in agony; it eases excruciating pains. In short, humor makes the intolerable tolerable."
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"Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product."
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"As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked."
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"If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat."
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"Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor."
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"There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!"
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"Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved."
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"Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck."
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"It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy."
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"I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor."
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"Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better."
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"I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor."
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"A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth."
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"Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know."
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"Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties."
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"Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor."
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"As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book."
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"It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required."
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"I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyone's eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming."
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"Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless."
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"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility."
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"Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about."
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"The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married."
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"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding."
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""You're bloody insane, Karede," Mat said. "Unfortunately, so am I.""
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"I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win."
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"Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor."
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