Quotes About Adversity

Humor is hope's companion in arms. It is not brash, it is not cheap, it is not heartless. Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit.

Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

As it stands right now, I lead Richard Pryor in heart attacks, two to one. However, Richard still leads me, one to nothing, in burning yourself up.

Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.

I used humor as survival, as a weapon and as comfort.

When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

You got to pay your dues to get the joke. Besides, laughter is cheap and very portable. If there's a pogrom, or they're blaming you for the plague, nothing is easier to pack than a sense of humor.

Why don't Jews drink? It interferes with their suffering.

I can see the humor in just about any situation. After I lost my dad, I realized that none of us should take things too seriously, because everything except death works itself out.

Humor is the best means of surviving in a difficult world.

God probably thinks it's worth giving a sense of humor only to those of us who have to laugh at all the rubbish bits that are wrong with us.

Humor is an almost physiological response to fear.

I hear your insults and plan to silence them with my victory.

Man. Being mostly dead is hard on a guy.

Because there's no way on earth she's going to make it through college unless she grows some serious ovaries and turns this train wreck around

Not a Harvard-type education, just a not-sticking-up-a-liquor-store-type education.

Humor is the only thing that allows you to survive every pressure and crisis.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.

I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.

If you didn't have me to rake you over the coals now and then, there wouldn't be any fire in your life at all.

I was so getting tired of fighting for my life in the library.

There's a sense of humor within the Australian culture that prevails when one is in a rather difficult situation.