Zitat des Tages über Humor / Humour:
I look around and pay attention to what around me is not being talked about, and then I talk about it with as much humour and honesty as I can. All my books have been that way.
I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that.
The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour.
It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
I think that my ideas of the world are that it's random and cruel but kind of quite comical really, and therefore the humour, in a sense, springs from that.
I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well.
I understand that being able to appeal to the public and having an amazing sense of humour is not something that comes easy. It's definitely a gift and for which I'm thankful.
There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
I definitely try to mix humour into anything I do, even if it is into a drama.
You should laugh everywhere you can find even the slightest glimmer of humour.
Australians are geniuses with a good sense of humour.
I wish actors got more credit for humour.
Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well.
My father was a very funny man, and one of my strongest recollections is hearing him laugh. He didn't like people who had no sense of humour.
Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.
If you're an athlete and you completely focus on the body, you're missing other components. Similarly, if you're trying to broaden your mind but not also being attentive to your sense of humour and your spirit, then you're not going to grow and develop so fast.
I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?
My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.
People don't get my sense of humour.
I love the way Lady Gaga finds humour in fashion, but it's still very stylised.
My mother is very funny. She is from a village; she has a typical village kind of humour. Often she says a lot of things she herself isn't aware is a punch line.
Mandy Sutter's 'Bush Meat' triumphs in its lean prose and true dialogue, in its disarming humour, in its evocation of a family divided by sexism and racism in 1960s Nigeria.
Inevitably you're going to be delayed somewhere. Always have a book. Always have a movie. Always have a notebook. And then always have a sense of humour.
Since I was 12 or 13, I have been taking movie meetings finding a project right for me because I wanted to try it. Craig gave us the script - it was set in Wales, it is really British humour. I just loved it.
Rod has such a wicked sense of humour. I loved him very much.
I have a weird sense of humour. My dad's the same. We love watching 'Monty Python' together.
One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour.
I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.
Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
Every culture loves scatological humour. That's always a favourite.
I spent the first 16 years of my life in Scotland. My whole family is there. It's in my blood and informs my sense of humour, my point of view, the people I choose to spend time with, everything.
I'm always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour.
I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want.
I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly.
It's the teenage and university crowd, so we give them lots of sex jokes and gross humour.
Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness rapidly becomes trivial. And darkness without comedy rapidly becomes unbearable.