Humor Quotes - page 17

In this business one becomes a connoisseur. I can now see that [Jim] Carrey is a virtuoso, [Chris] Farley is at least hard-working, [Adam] Sandler is hopeless and Pauly Shore bypasses all categories to achieve a kind of transcendent fingernails-on-the-blackboard effect. His appeal must be limited to people whose self-esteem and social skills are so damaged that they find humor, or at least relief, in at last encountering a movie character less successful than themselves. (Roger Ebert)
The result is a horrible mess of a movie, without shape, trajectory or purpose - a one joke movie, if it had one joke. The two characters wander witlessly past the bizarre backdrops of Las Vegas (some real, some hallucinated, all interchangeable) while zonked out of their minds. Humor depends on attitude. Beyond a certain point, you don't have an attitude, you simply inhabit a state. I've heard a lot of funny jokes about drunks and druggies, but these guys are stoned beyond comprehension, to the point where most of their dialog could be paraphrased as "eh?"... As for Depp, what was he thinking he made this movie? He was once in trouble for trashing a New York hotel room, just like the heroes of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. What was that? Research? After River Phoenix died of an overdose outside Depp's club, you wouldn't think Depp would see much humor in this story - but then, of course, there *isn't* much humor in this story. View quote
Roger Ebert
I missed the enormously popular movie that introduced these characters, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and felt myself blessed at the time. But now I'm not so sure. Their Bogus Journey is a riot of visual invention and weird humor that works on its chosen sub-moronic level, and on several others as well, including some fairly sophisticated ones. It's the kind of movie where you start out snickering in spite of yourself, and end up actually admiring the originality that went into creating this hallucinatory slapstick. View quote
Roger Ebert
God has no rhyme or reason to who he gives a sense of humor to. View quote
Jerry Seinfeld
If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony. View quote
Xun Zi
"Mayblossom Senility" (Steadman's phrase)...burnt out early or maybe just not much to burn in the first place. Not much energy in the faces, not much curiosity. Suffering in silence, nowhere to go after thirty in this life, just hang on and humor the children. Let the young enjoy themselves while they can. Why not? View quote
Hunter S. Thompson
and he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say for sure? Humor is a very private thing. View quote
Hunter S. Thompson
My sense of humor will always stand in the way of my seeing myself, my family, my race or my nation as the whole intent of the universe. View quote
Zora Neale Hurston
The whole reason of this War is because the Germans have no sense of humor. View quote
André Maurois
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. View quote
William Temple
The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. (William Temple)
It's a more ridiculing, divisive humor today. View quote
Lily Tomlin
I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes. View quote
Sherilyn Fenn
I have always employed humor, and I think it's absolutely crucial that we do because, among other things, humor is the only free emotion. View quote
Gloria Steinem
Maybe if God gives you a handicap, he makes sure you've got a few extra doses of humor to take the edge off. View quote
Jodi Picoult
It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one can say your mother didn't have a sense of humor. View quote
Cassandra Clare
You're my sister,” he said finally. "My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you”-he laughed soundlessly and without any humor-"to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with you exactly what I want to do. View quote
Cassandra Clare
Faeries have no sense of humor." "Oh, I wouldn't say that. There's a pixie nightclub downtown called Hot Wings. Not that I have ever been there. View quote
Cassandra Clare
He's got a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything. View quote
Cassandra Clare
I forgot," Isabelle muttered as the rest of them caught up to her. "Faeries have no sense of humor." "Oh, I wouldn't say that," said Jace. "There's a pixie nightclub downtown called Hot Wings. Not," he added, "that I have ever been there. View quote
Cassandra Clare
Is it the being tied to One that offends us? Why this ought rather to recommend it to us, and would really do so, were we guided by reason, and not by humor and brutish passion. He who does not make friendship the chief inducement of his choice, and prefer it before any other consideration does not deserve a good wife, and therefore should not complain if he goes without one... The Christian institution of marriage provides the best that may be for domestic quiet and content, and for the education of children. (Mary Astell)
Humor is a survival tool. View quote
Erica Jong
I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor. View quote
Katie Price
There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor. View quote
George Santayana
I have seen the very bottom of life: I was so afraid I wouldn't be funny anymore. I just knew that I would lose my zaniness and my sense of humor. But I didn't. Recovery turned out to be a wonderful thing. View quote
Ann Richards