Quotes About Humor

Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.

you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy

But a system made secure by the protective plating of humor and pretense always runs the risk of having its protection get out of hand. A relationship based on jokes invites jokes; jokes about anything -- and jokes about anything are now and then bound to cut too close to the truth.

you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep in balance. [Chief Bromden]

I forget sometimes what laughter can do.

That aunt of mine; boy, she used to wear make-up all week long so terrible thick that - well, she started about Wednesday layering it on, and she never washed, and every day she slapped down a new layer. Until Sunday. Then on Sunday she kind of peeled it off to go to church. *** Boy, she was a case; I used to hope she'd skip a Sunday - sleep through to Monday or something - because I knew two weeks' worth of make-up and she'd set up like a statue.

He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy

He's safe as long as he can laugh, he thinks, and it works pretty fair.

He knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance... He knows there's a painful side, but he won't let the pain blot out the humor no more'n he'll let the humor blot out the pain.

Win or lose, the crows always laughed--the hard, old jaded laughter that came of looking at the world with a black and practiced eye. From the less skillful the laugh might have hinted of despair, or silliness, like the magpies', but the crows were masters of the wry outlook, and Viv never heard them but what she followed their expert lead and laughed along--they knew the secret of black, that it could not be made blacker, and if neither could it be made lighter, it could still be made funnier.

she followed their expert lead and laughed along—they knew the secret of black, that it could not be made blacker, and if neither could it be made lighter, it could still be made funnier.

Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy. He knows there's a painful side;

Maybe he couldn't understand why we weren't able to laugh yet, but he knew you can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.

Néha el is felejtem, milyen csodákat tud tenni a nevetés.

Tudja, hogy az embernek nevetni kell a fájó dolgokat, mert másképp oda az ép ész, és az Å'rületbe hajtja az embert a világ.

You have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to the world from running you plumb crazy

Es posible que no comprendiera por qué seguíamos sin poder reír, pero sabía que es imposible ser fuerte si se es incapaz de ver el lado cómico de las cosas. De hecho, se esforzaba tanto por encontrarle ese lado cómico a la vida que empezaba a preguntarme si estaría ciego a su otro aspecto, si tal vez era incapaz de comprender por qué la risa se nos atravesaba en el estómago.

Porque sabe que es preciso reírse de las cosas para mantener el equilibrio, para impedir que el mundo acabe enloqueciéndote. Sabe que las cosas tienen su lado triste [...], pero no quiere que el dolor empañe el humor, lo mismo que no permitiría que el humor empañase el dolor.

Mõnikord ma unustan, milleks naer on võimeline.

Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance just to keep the world running you plumb crazy.

Maybe that's why he laughs so much, because he isn't able to keep all the pieces out..

Sa infatti che si deve ridere delle cose delle quali si è feriti soltanto per mantenere l'equilibrio, impedire che il mondo ti renda pazzo furioso. Sa che esiste un aspetto doloroso; sa che il pollice mi duole, che la sua amichetta ha un seno illividito e che il dottore sta perdendo gli occhiali, ma non vuole consentire alla sofferenza di cancellare l'umorismo, non più di quanto consenta all'umorismo di cancellare la sofferenza.

It was one of those mornings when you realize, with chilling clarity, that birding is a ridiculous activity.

By the bounteous bottom of sweet Vashtilulu the Buxom! I'm looking forward to this, Our Kandar!