Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom.
Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.
Any band that doesn't have a sense of humor has a little bit of a problem.
Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us.
I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.
In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.
The woman who runs the Pennsylvania Innocence Project told me that there's a man she's been trying to get out of prison for 26 years. Every night before she goes to bed, she thinks, 'What is he doing?' She says you don't sleep. And yet, she has the greatest sense of humor and this light that comes out of her.
I wasn't close to my father, but I wanted to be all my life. He had a funny sense of humor, and he laughed all the time - good and loud, like I do. He was a gay Irish gentleman and very good-looking. And he wanted to be close to me, too, but we never had much time together.
Obviously, it's the Lucille Balls of the world who helped make humor accessible to women and in a voice that women related to. I just wanted to continue that.
Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
Magoo's appeal lies in our hostility toward an older generation. But he's not only nearsighted physically. His mind is selective of what it sees, too. That is where the humor, the satire lies, in the difference between what he thinks he sees and reality as we see it.
Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.
Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.
Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won't read shark books forever.
I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.
Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles.
Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.
Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad person.
Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.
Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it.
There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!
Funny songs aren't usually that good. Like Weird Al and maybe a couple of Beatles songs, but it's kind of hard to bring humor into rock music in an interesting way.
This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section.
Bathroom humor, fart, and poo poo humor in movies gets a laugh. It's a pretty easy audience, and that's been around for ages.
Gags die, humor doesn't.
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.
I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.
Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike.
Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.
I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.
The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.
Twitter is the place where I try to be more funny. And then I use Instagram just as my diary. I pull some jokes on there, but I think people have a better sense of humor on Twitter.
A boy is naturally full of humor.
