Quotes About Levity

A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing.

I think I was so grateful, in the years after Sleater-Kinney broke up or went on hiatus or whatever you want to call it, to find 'Portlandia' and co-create 'Portlandia' with Fred Armisen, which allows for levity, allows for the same kind of kinetic energy, but channeled through absurdity and surrealism.

Being flippant was harder work than being earnest

That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.

Many people will laugh at the drop of a hat, especially if the man is still in it.

Great sins are great possessions; but levities and vanities possess us too; and men had rather part with Christ than with any possession.

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.

The only weapon we have is comedy.

Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.

I think if the joke is in good taste - it's a good joke.

I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.

It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light.

I hope I can now use my ability to communicate, without being too precious or serious. It's good to have some levity, even as you're facing some really dark times, to mix it up a bit.

It's best if you can do things with a sense of humor and finesse.

A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

There are many things we can live without but a sense of humor is not one of them!

Humor is the only reason to live.

The law of levity is allowed to supersede the law of gravity.

Anybody with a good sense of humor is one-up on their competition. We respond to somebody who has the ability to make us laugh. It's a bonding influence.

If you can't joke about the most horrendous things in the world, what's the point of jokes? What's the point in having humor? Humor is to get us over terrible things.

Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.

All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.