Humor Quotes - page 45

I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor. (Patti Smith)
Do feminists have a sense of humor? Yes. View quote
Gloria Allred
There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them, which I cannot at all account for, having no very high opinion of the sex. But yet, I always feel in better humor with myself and every thing else, if there is a woman within ken. View quote
Lord Byron
I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor. View quote
Brian Eno
My first goal is to create an attractive, interactive website that forms a community of chess lovers. I want to keep it light and keep people coming back ⎯ heavy on photos, humor, and simple chess tactics and strategies. View quote
Jennifer Shahade
I just am a snob when it comes to humor. View quote
Courteney Cox
A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways. View quote
Courteney Cox
I am a solo flyer. I go by dramatist or playwright. My brand is original plays that take on aspects of our shared American history that have shaped our culture. I write serious plays, but I use as much humor as possible. I also use a lot of music (original and found), and I'm not afraid to examine my characters' sexuality... View quote
Oliver Mayer
In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that. View quote
Tupac Shakur
I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too. View quote
Jim Goad
I think these are some of the common themes [of my work]: a) life is hard, brutal, capricious and unfair, b) sometimes there is a benefit to seeing it clearly, and acknowledging it truthfully..., and c) other times it is best to find something to laugh about, lest despair crush one completely. I find a lot of humor in shocking or so-called taboo things: castration, excrement, violence (usually self-inflicted or inflicted on the narrator, "[Martin] Scorsese" being an exception), sex and sexual perversions... etc. (John S. Hall)
Irony is jesting hidden behind gravity. Humor is gravity concealed behind the jest. View quote
John Weiss
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude be kind, but not weak be bold, but not bully be thoughtful, but not lazy be humble, but not timid be proud, but not arrogant have humor, but without folly. View quote
Jim Rohn
It is the duty of the humor of any given nation in time of high crisis to attack the catastrophe that faces it in such a manner as to cause the people to laugh at it in such a way that they cannot die before they are killed. View quote
Lord Buckley
Some of the [band's] work has a genuine feeling behind it. Some of it is probably just being funny for the sake of being funny. Obviously, there are elements to "Detachable [Penis]" about male identity that are there, but not really overtly there. For the person who wants to find it, it's there. I don't know. I don't think... I like to think I'm not obvious about the humor, and I'm not obvious about the feelings, either. There's a certain degree of subtlety to what I'm doing; even in very obvious things, there's something underneath that's interesting. I think [the band is] guilty of being clever at times, to the detriment of conveying something more important, more real, more honest. I'll cop to that. But I will also say that there's also stuff that does have meaning. View quote
John S. Hall
I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant. View quote
Walter Isaacson
Come, woo me, woo me for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent. View quote
William Shakespeare
The man dissatisfied with the world will be dissatisfied with himself, so as to be continually eaten up by his own ill humor. And in such a state of mind how can he retain health? View quote
Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben
(First woman)...Men lose their sense of humor as they get older...their brains shrink...So men will be getting grumpier, just as we're getting...(Second woman) Shorter. View quote
Nicole Hollander
(Telephone) Hi, this is Sylvia's opinion hotline....How fair are you? Would you support laws mandating discrimination in hiring, housing, and employment against anyone who lacked a sense of humor, knowing that these laws would impact most heavily on fundamentalists? View quote
Nicole Hollander
(Television) Humor will never be the same. Sarcasm, irony, and cynicism will disappear. (Sylvia) Right. I'm having mine surgically removed. (Rita) Ma, cut it out! (Nicole Hollander)
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix. View quote
Jasper Fforde
How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is. I think our best chance lies in humor, which in this case means a wry acceptance of our predicament. We don't have to like it but we can at least recognize its ridiculous aspects, one of which is ourselves. View quote
Ogden Nash
Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit... View quote
Ogden Nash