Quotes about Humor

“I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.”

“One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.”

“Every black film feels like it's Tyler Perry, and that just needs to stop. But people seem to slowly be looking for what else is out there - 'Is there something else besides this type of humor?' 'I'm tired of seeing men in dresses.'”

“Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly be ironic.”

“I'm a big fan of independent girls who are strong-willed, vocal in their opinions, and have a sense of humor.”

“Sense of humor. A girl who doesn't take themselves too seriously. And someone who is spontaneous. They're the three things for me that really attract me to a girl.”

“I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.”

“I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously - a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor, which is part of what I try to do too.”

“The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.”

“I realized women and humor were linked very closely.”

“He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page.”

“I think growing up in Santa Fe or Northern New Mexico in general instills a sense of humor in people, a sort of easygoing sense of not taking yourself too seriously, while still being very proud of where you come from, and that's something we all share.”

“Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it, or you don't. You can't attain it.”

“Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.”

“We do not take humor seriously enough.”

“I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.”

“Gamer humor ranges all over the place. What it comes down to is taking a lot of what we see in gaming and we're familiar with in gaming and being like, 'OK, hold on, let's re-examine this for a second. Isn't this funny? Isn't this strange? Isn't this a little bit ridiculous?' That's where it is.”

“Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair.”

“Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.”

“I like men who have goals, something that they are passionate about and work hard to achieve. A good sense of humor is important too. And I like tall guys!”

“The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.”