Quotes about Humor

“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.”

“I love a man with a great sense of humor and who is intelligent - a man who has a great smile. He has to make me laugh. I like a man who is very ambitious and driven and who has a good heart and makes me feel safe. I like a man who is very strong and independent and confident - that is very sexy - but at the same time, he's very kind to people.”

“Humor can be one of our best survival tools.”

“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.”

“I'm going to do a lot of weird stuff that's not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it's time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff.”

“The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh. I was an obedient girl, and humor was my one form of rebellion. I used comedy to deflect. Like, 'Hey, check out my zit!' - you know, making fun of yourself before someone else has a chance to.”

“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.”

“Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.”

“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.”

“People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.”

“The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.”

“We will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that we have no sense of humor.”

“I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.”

“Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.”

“Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.”

“Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.”

“I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.”

“I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I thrive on the absurd - I love it.”

“I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening.”

“Humor is a part of spirituality.”

“I look at things logically. The humor I do is to go from A to B to C to D, and F is the funny.”