Quotes About Humor

Ten years from now you'll laugh at whatever's stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?

Levity is the lubricant of a crisis. We resort to jokes, pranks and good natured kidding to relieve tension, stress and boredom.

Humor is a great way to relieve stress.

I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true.

Non-comprehenders are often distressed. Not you, though-because with good humor you're blessed. After all, your thoughts went like this, I dare say: It was none but the Lord who made us that way.

Anything that gets you to release the stress in your life and really laugh is worthwhile. It can heal the planet. It truly can, and it actually has.

Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress.

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.

My mother always told me I wouldn't amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said, "Just wait."

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.

The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation.

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail.

When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.

I am writing a book. So far I have the pages numbered.

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.

Success is like a fart - only your own smells nice.

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

The success of any stand-up act comes out of life experience.

Comedy can't be about continuous success.

Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.

If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.