Quotes about Humor

“That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.”

“Reading 'Youth in Revolt' might have ruined my career because suddenly I wanted to abandon all the emotional truth of something and just go out far on a literary limb with completely implausible things that relied completely on voice and humor. And what saved me is realizing that I couldn't do that very well.”

“Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.”

“It's a funny old world.”

“I have a really dark, rich, thick sense of humor.”

“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.”

“Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love,' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.”

“Sometimes Americans don't quite get my sense of humor. My good ol' British sarcasm seems to go over their heads.”

“I tend to like dry humor.”

“Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.”

“If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.”

“We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor.”

“Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.”

“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.”

“I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.”

“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.”

“A boy is naturally full of humor.”

“A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.”

“Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival.”

“I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.”

“I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.”