“You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.”
A good sense of humor is a survival skill. These quotes celebrate wit, comedy, sarcasm, and the ability to find something funny in situations that might otherwise be unbearable. Laughter, it turns out, is a form of intelligence.
“I realized women and humor were linked very closely.”
“You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.”
“Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.”
“In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.”
“With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.”
“A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.”
“And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.”
“Humor can be one of our best survival tools.”
“Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love,' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.”
“Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.”
“People with no humor, they're outta my life.”
“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
“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.”
“It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.”
“Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.”
“When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.”