Quotes About Humor

He rolled his eyes. Women. And yet, this was Billie. The least womanly woman of

Good Lord," Colin muttered. "One would think I'd joined this family yesterday. Of course I bribed her." He turned to Penelope. "No offense to recent additions.

except that Sir Lionel tended to forget the middle bits of the stories, and his "mots" weren't terribly "bon.

Non. Chatmousse s'appelait Rhubarbe. Mais Edmund et toi aviez décidé que ce serait bien plus drôle de dire Rhumoustaches, et… — C'est vrai que Rhumoustaches est bien plus drôle. Georgie pinça les lèvres. Elle se retenait manifestement de rire. — Je veux dire, continua Nicholas, qui appelle « Rhubarbe » une créature vivante ?

She quirked a smile. "Does he beg your pardon so very often?" "Not nearly as much as he should.

Gregory moved across the room and plopped himself down next to his sister. "It's good to see you," he said, directing his words at Gareth. "Hyacinth says you're her special friend." "Gregory!" Hyacinth exclaimed. She turned quickly to Gareth. "I said no such thing." "I'm heartbroken," Gareth said.

Hyacinth generally bore her mother's matchmaking with good humor since, as she had told Penelope, it wasn't as if she didn't want to get married eventually. Might as well let her mother do all the work and then she could choose a husband when the right one presented himself.

My sisters call him Slinky Simon.' Alec chuckled. 'It's only funny if he's not your cousin.' 'It's funny because it's true.

As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background.

You have to laugh at yourself. I do a lot of humor about all ethnicities that are at the show - Latinos, Asians, Indians... What I say is, 'We're laughing together. I'm laughing with you, not at you.' Never say, 'Oh, I'm better than you.'

Sometimes I want to do something that's really funny and other times I read an indie script that is going to be made for nothing but I want to do it because I think that I can connect with something in the story.

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

I don't indulge in double meaning humor.

There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.

I like the stage lights to be bright so I can't see people because I will inevitably only see the ones who aren't laughing.

I wish I had funny dreams. My dreams are rare and inevitably end in my own death.

I care deeply for Patty. He has the biggest heart and an infectious laugh when he laughs. He has a great sense of humor. You just hope that you're allowed to have a friend like Patrick Marleau because it really is special.

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

Sarah Silverman has always been a huge influence on my comedy.

As a kid, I loved Paula Poundstone and Richard Pryor. But my mother was a huge influence on my comedy.

People always ask about my dad and his comedic influence. It's funny because my mom is really the comedian of our household.

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

That movie - 'Airplane!' - it influenced so many of us.

I was influenced by a lot of comedy growing up, I had good parents. They were funny, too. My mom was hilarious; my dad was hilarious. I guess being at home around the environment was just a good stage to get started.