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Quotes About Humor

In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is hotly debated.
~ Mindy Kaling
Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.
~ Nick Hornby
Chumps always make the best husbands. All the unhappy marriages come from the husbands having brains.
~ P. G. Wodehouse
Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting.
~ Padgett Powell
My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life.
~ Phyllis Diller
How happy is the Optimist / To whom life shows its sunny side / His horse may lose, his ship may list, / But he always sees the funny side.
~ Phyllis McGinley
Life has a tendency to obfuscate and bewilder, Such as fating us to spend the first part of our lives being embarrassed by our parents and the last part being embarrassed by our children.
~ Ogden Nash
Whenever I get down about life going by too quickly, what helps me is a little mantra that I repeat to myself: at least I'm not a fruit fly.
~ Ray Romano
I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong.
~ Charles M. Schulz
Outside of performing, (a comedian) is someone who is analyzing life, thinking about it and trying to be observing so much. In my opinion, it can make you feel on the outside looking in.
~ Chris Gethard
I laughed more in the hospital than I ever have in my life, making fun of all the weird things that were happening to me.
~ Christina Applegate
The inventory process and stepping back in your life can sometimes be a very dark process. But it also can be extremely funny and surprising.
~ Craig Charles
George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live.
~ Denis Leary
There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
~ Al Franken
I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin. He's hilarious, but he has this depth to him and this way of dealing with the difficult things in life with a sense of humor that I think has helped me as an actress.
~ Alexandra Daddario
Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.
~ Carter Burwell
I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists.
~ Mike Epps
Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day.
~ Jennifer Aniston
Good thing I'm aging, otherwise I'd be dead.
~ Ana Monnar
The whole romantic part of my life was a wipeout. I didn't even own a belt.
~ Paul Lynde
If you don't learn to laugh at life it'll surely kill you, that I know.
~ Brom, The Child Thief
I once read that the only way to enjoy life is to observe everything with a sense of detached amusement. I don't always do that, but it serves you well to keep it in mind.
~ Bryant Gumbel
Only a complete alcoholic can think life is funny ... any life!.
~ Louis-Ferdinand Celine