Humor Quotes

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

I remember seeing McCoy Tyner in concert, and thinking that the music was incredible, but wanting to be invited in. I figured that humor was the way of letting the audience in. I've gotten a hard time about it, but I love to be funny onstage.

In a girl I look for honesty above all, someone who I can carry on a conversation with, someone who has a good sense of humor, someone who's true to herself, and to top it, someone who can get ready for a date in less than ten minutes.

As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by an anxiety that knows no irony, and I must wait until the next day to rediscover the blend of anguish and humor that characterizes my writing and that generates my style.

My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests them, to expand the definition of reading to include humor, science fiction/fantasy, nonfiction, graphic novels, wordless books, audio books and comic books.

I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light.

Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better - at least for the purposes of social discourse.

Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting.

We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or 'stage' Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.

You know, Freud accepted his lot very stoically and very well and with a sense of humor. He aged and died gracefully, and there's a lot to be said for that.

Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women.

And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny.

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

I'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor.

I never write anything without humor, just because I like humor, but at the same time, it is a way for anything fantastical to become relatable.

Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.

I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian.

Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words.

Be fun! I don't like homes or rooms that don't have a sense of humor or have some sense of whimsy or a personality. Your home should reflect who you are, and what you love. I would never have something in my home because it's the thing to have. I have to love it and it needs some connection to me.