Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Newhart

What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor.

Jeff Foxworthy

That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.

John Perry Barlow

I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair.

James Gleick

Humorists are using Twitter to tell jokes in an interesting way. It doesn't have to be profound, and it doesn't have to be earth-shaking, but it is transformative.

Lauren Willig

My own inclination is to skew towards humor. They say that some people view life as a comedy, others as a tragedy. Me? Comedy all the way.

Jerry Seinfeld

Nobody enjoys the 'little show about nothing' humor more than me, but that is never the way I look at it.

Jeff Ross

Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean.

Jeff Ross

Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.

Alison Jackson

I don't really like using ridicule as a form of humor.

Betty White

I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.

Bob Newhart

I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing.

Bob Newhart

The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.

Richard Lewis

I never wanted to do observational humor because I never wanted to tell people what they were seeing.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

Victor LaValle

'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.

Milos Forman

Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.

I think superheroes are heroes with flaws, and in their flaws, there is a sense of humor.

Bruce Nauman

I think humor is used a lot of the time to keep people from getting too close. Humor side-steps and shifts the meaning.

Justin Turner

Jamaal is real a humorous and entertaining guy.

He saw humor as a line of defense.

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.

Kristan Higgins

Humor writing requires a rhythm and timing, as well as some kind of connection to the reader, and I think that's how I tap into it.

Kristan Higgins

Humor writing is something that comes naturally to me.

Humor is key in getting through this journey. I needed to see the lighter side of life.

Romain Gary

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of mans superiority to all that befalls him.

Carl Hiaasen

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.

He ... had a sense of humor that is subject to interpretation, on women's rights for example,

He had problems remembering names. There was a lot of humor about that at his funeral.

Stephen J. Cannell

I love 'Dexter.' The dark sense of humor is wonderful.

Jasper Johns

I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it.

Carol Burnett

When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?

Alan Coren

I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.

Al Capone

I don't even know what street Canada is on.