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3 December 2020 Thomas W. Higginson

When a thought takes one’s breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

3 December 2020 Lin Yutang

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.

3 December 2020 Suzanne Fields

Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.

3 December 2020 Thomas W. Higginson

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear.

3 December 2020 Allen Klein

Humor can be one of our best survival tools.

3 December 2020 Kathy Griffin

A lot of stars don’t have a sense of humor.

3 December 2020 Mahatma Gandhi

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

3 December 2020 Langston Hughes

Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it.

3 December 2020 Seth Grahame-Smith

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

3 December 2020 Garry Trudeau

Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military.

3 December 2020 Allen Klein

In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets you may not find something to laugh about immediately.

3 December 2020 Thomas Browne

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

3 December 2020 Patricia Highsmith

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother.

3 December 2020 Graham Kerr

All my jobs have been with food in one way or another since 1948. My parents were in the hotel business, and I just loved the warm hearted people who worked so hard with such good humor.

3 December 2020 William Makepeace Thackeray

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

3 December 2020 Allen Klein

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.

3 December 2020 William Temple

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

3 December 2020 Carrie Brownstein

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.

3 December 2020 Amber Tamblyn

I liked the humor of it, I’ve always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality.

3 December 2020 Zac Efron

I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.

3 December 2020 Robert Morgan

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein

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.

3 December 2020 Jesse Ventura

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn’t: Go stick your head in the mud.

3 December 2020 Berkeley Breathed

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It’s the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children’s books.

3 December 2020 Max Eastman

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

3 December 2020 Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

3 December 2020 Anjelica Huston

I’m not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

3 December 2020 Linda Gray

I’ve had a very laughable career and what has seen me through is my sense of humor.

3 December 2020 Lorna Luft

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it.

3 December 2020 Betty White

It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.

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