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Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humor left.
Chuck Palahniuk

If you can find humor in anything, you can survive it.
Bill Cosby

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor. -Eric Sevareid

You haven't achieved equality until you're a legitimate target for humor.
Scott Adams

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.
Rita Mae Brown

Humor is also a way of saying something serious. -T. S. Eliot

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
Agnes Repplier

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their pedestals.
Agnes Repplier

A pun is the lowest form of humor - when you don't think of it first. -Oscar Levant

Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Alexander Pope

I'm not for gratuitous nudity, but if there's humor, I don't have a problem.
Rebecca Romijn Stamos

He said, 'I still got a lot of fight in me, and this isn't the end of the line,' ... And that's very much Chuck, too. He had a lot of humor Friday and it was great to talk to him. -Tom Selleck

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.
Clifton Fadiman

The hall-mark of American humor is its pose of illiteracy.
Ronald Knox

I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me. -Robert A. Heinlein

At one point, I thought that maybe humor was the best way to deal with it.
Marc Levin

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
Colette

Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. -Mary Hirsch

We do not take humor seriously enough.
Konrad Lorenz

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. -Lewis Mumford

We use humor and metaphors to break through the clutter. We strive for intelligent/clever humor, with hopes of generating more than a chuckle.
Pam Girardo

Gags die, humor doesn't.
Jack Benny

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? -Dick Clark

I cannot put into words how happy I was to have had the opportunity to be around him as much as I was. He had a great sense of humor, and through his humor, one could find his wisdom.
Ossie Davis

Good humor isn't a trait of character; it is an art which requires practice.
David Seabury

There is no sentiment in the administration for humoring the Chinese. -John Tkacik

Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Mel Brooks

Beer Man is a classic, ... He's got such a great sense of humor.
Dave Stockton

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you. -Larry Gelbart

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
Romain Gary

And they also figured I'd be a wholesome contrast for Bess Myerson , who was a former Miss America, and comedian Henry Morgan 's humor.
Betsy Palmer

She had a wonderful sense of humor. -Shirley Smith

Nothing makes your sense of humor disappear faster than having someone ask where it is.
Ivern Ball

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.
Sinclair Lewis

There's a lot of humor and satire in that one. -Katherine Hough

He had a sense of humor.
Pat Mcdaniel

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
Max Eastman

I love humor. I always will fall back on humor. That's something that I think you can't ever get enough of and, if it's done well, it's great. When it's bad, it's horrible. -Sandra Bullock

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
Virginia Woolf

Maybe it's just because it's so damn cold there, ... You find humor in everything, 'cause the climate's so harsh, you have to laugh at it.
Andy Dick

We're not known for our humor. -Tim Smith

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
Robertson Davies

You have to have a sense of humor about it. At the same time, how do we improve our evaluation process so it doesn't happen again?
Roger Spackman

It was a hit because of the morals and humor of a great Midwestern guy. -Lee Mendelson

This year, I was very pleased. The humor wasn't too debased. I'm encouraged that the humor in the ads is going up a notch instead of down, as it had been.
Steve Mckee

I was never girlish. My sense of humor was never quite the fit. My voice was never high enough. I was never sexy in that way.
Patricia Clarkson

The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor. -Margo Kaufman

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
Leo Rosten

Humor is an almost physiological response to fear.
Kurt Vonnegut

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will. -John Kenneth Galbraith

Kevin has a unique ability to play humor and villainy.
Bryan Singer

He fought it with humor. He always used humor to deflect it off him.
Susan Wilson

We wanted to do something that will capture their attention with humor. With the comedy presentation and fashion show, we hope to make things more life-applicable. -Valerie Osborn

One thing I'll miss is his sense of humor, however warped it may be.
Suzanne Anarde

Nothing is better than the unintended humor of reality.
Steve Allen

When humor is meant to be taken seriously, it's no joke. -Lionel Strachey

Humor the sons of the poor, for they give science its splendor.
The Talmud

His stoicism, his positive attitude and dark humor was something that was very truthful.
Alex Steyermark

He had a great sense of humor. He partied a lot and was a hard worker. -John Mcwilliams

Humor is a good way, as it always has been, of drawing people in, exploiting the stereotype and finding a common ground.
John Lowe

We felt like we could handle the action but it would be more of a challenge to find the humor.
Peter Berg

You have to have a sense of humor about yourself and laugh at yourself in the company of those you lead. -Dale Sanders

In a weird way, my father would have liked the fact it went out in a blaze of glory. It would appeal to his sense of humor.
Susan Vayne

And, she brings a wonderful sense of humor. The one regret I have is that I won't be working with her.
Marge Weil

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge. -Herman Wouk

There is a close relationship between the "ha-ha" of humor and the "aha!" of discovery.
Roger Von Oech

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
James Thurber

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. -Robert Benchley

A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
Clive James

Corporate America is humor-impaired.
Judy Carter

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

They have flexibility and humor and affection.
John Gottman

Burgoyne, he had style, a certain charisma, and charm and humor about him.
John Burnham

Maggie had a lively spirit, full of fun and humor. The building will certainly be emptier without her. -Jeanne Miller

Just keep your sense of humor and be yourself.
Timothy Mcveigh

He had a good sense of humor. He called himself 'El Magnifico,' ... He was a good colleague and just a nice guy.
Paul Larson

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. -Edward de Bono

Fred has an impish sort of humor, but sort of a dry humor.
Paul Hostetter

She is participating all for her own sick humor.
Chris Graveline

You brought the magic back. The heart is there, the humor is there... Everything is there. -Nancy Sinatra

She's absolutely brilliant. Her sense of humor is wonderful, and she talks about these problems in a way that elevates the discussion.
Sally Gilbert

They're fun. You see his great gift for humor and melody even at that age.
Leon Hyman

The movie is about friendship and humor. -Laura Gremelsbacker

It's great having somebody that can deliver the humor.
David Shore

It's gentle humor. You don't have to worry about any swearing.
Kate Lowder

The show is geared towards people with a sense of humor. -Danny Liberto

Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.
Bill Nye

He's got a great sense of humor. He even lives up to his bets.
Tyler Mitchell

He was a larger-than-life figure, with a wicked sense of humor, and a great friend. -Sir Richard Branson

It's very lively. It has a great dance feeling, great humor with squeaking, cackling clarinets. ... It builds to an ecstasy of all-out wild playing.
Leon Hyman

It's a very savage kind of humor, it comes out of a great deal of pain.
Martin Scorsese

Back home in Austin, when I was growing up, he was like an uncle to me. A guy who had a great sense of humor and enjoyed having fun. -Tom Lembrick

Creating some humor, creating some fun to energize people was our intent.
Ted Molter

You'll see humor, but it will be universal.
John Osborn

He was a good guy. He was very good at what he did. He had a good sense of humor. -Jeffrey Skilling

The first thing I look for is the humor, because you can tell what the character's fears and insecurities are through the humor.
Lusia Strus

He had an incredible sense of humor.
Diane Golden

Comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool to do dead pan humor. -Brittany Daniel

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.
Bobby Clarke

I won't bring anybody into the field who doesn't have a sense of humor.
Dr. Janine Caira

How could you not? I do have a sense of humor. -Heidi Prescott

This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section.
John Callahan

We're not going too come out too quickly or too much, ... We do want to bring it back to irreverent humor -- that's what made them unique.
Gary Foster

Women's humor is part of the revolution. -Dale Spender

It's a cheap date and [students] will have a wonderful time. The set and costumes are gorgeous, and students will enjoy the humor.
Whitney Rydbeck

It's cool to have something that has a lot of inside BC humor, but can also relate to college students everywhere.
Joe Sabia

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger. -Allen Klein

Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.
Ned Rorem

I thought it was time to add a little humor.
Dr Jim Robertson

She is very calm but I think we're getting to where we can get her laughing and joking more than she did. She really does have a good sense of humor. -Maggie Dixon

Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor is the Teflon coating.
Laurel Lee

He's a role model for any community-based committee. We rely on his good sense, great humor and boundless enthusiasm.
Mike Diehl

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance. -W. Somerset Maugham

Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.
William Rotsler

Our humor turns our anger into a fine art.
Mary Kay Blakely

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. -Thomas W. Higginson

He had a wonderful, wry sense of humor and was very independent and very devoted to his wife and his church.
Lillian Hansen

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
A. Whitney Brown

He had problems remembering names. There was a lot of humor about that at his funeral. -Horace Williams

Without faith, love and a good sense of humor, you don't get through much in this life.
Ann Jillian

We've always had a sense of humor about ourselves, ... Heck, we need it when things like 'The Dukes of Hazzard' come around.
William Price

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. -Alice Meynell

She's found in him somebody who makes her laugh. You can never underestimate the power of humor.
John Scurti

God has a sense of humor. We got the sun back, but we can't swim in the water.
Ruth Hendrix

He kept his wit and humor right to the bitter end. -Joanne Cortese

You have to have a sense of humor to do this.
Frank Brown

Wilmer is wired into our audience. His humor, style and approachable personality make this a great fit for MTV.
Brian Graden

It's just a clumsy attempt at a clever headline - a clumsy attempt at humor. But it's not funny. -Margaret Fung

When he did his monologues, it was always about the public and what was happening, right up before airtime, ... Hope and Humor.
Don Rickles

Anyone who knows Martha knows she has a great sense of humor.
Susan Lyne

I was just totally blown away by the humor and grace, and ability... to bring her characters to life. The voice is so confiding and so honest. -Nancy Pearl

I'll just find humor in it and let people be people.
Kelly Williams

She was so much fun. She had a great sense of humor.
Sally Quinn

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? -Max Frisch

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
Patricia Clarkson

The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense.
Jacob Riis

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. -Freeman Dyson

We also share a bold spirit and wry sense of humor.
Mary Bailey

Tom's a bit quieter, with a wry sense of humor, ... Art, I think, is a little more ebullient.
David Griffiths

He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor. -Bill Bryson

He was funny, he had this huge sense of humor. He was just a clown all the time. He was just incredible.
Paula Gonzalez

He's got a really good sense of humor and I know that every teen-age boy in America worships him.
Fairuza Balk

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor. -Edward Albee

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
E. B. White

Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints.
Evelyn Underhill

Chris has a great sense of humor, and his friends are hilarious. -Emily Horvath

He's by Distorted Humor, and we always want to support our own stallions.
Elliott Walden

We work really hard. If you don't have fun and humor in this field, then you struggle to make it.
Ellen Locke

I think this is a legislative sense of humor the rest of us don't appreciate. -Jared Peterson

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