Quotes About Levity

We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.

Was his body made out of orange rocks and did he at any point yell 'It's clobbering time'?" "I find your attempt at levity inappropriate." "Consider me properly chastised.

Anne shrieked with laughter, but George yelled, "I don't suppose we could get a little gravity around here?" and D.W. hollered back, Nope. All we got is levity." And thus began the first morning of the Jesuit mission to Rakhat. [148]

The body, she says, is subject to the force of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

You look for comic relief in difficult times.

I provide a little comic relief.

I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.

You want me to say something about Bill? Bill who? Bill Schroeder? Never heard of him… I'm kidding, of course.

Keep a sense of humor. Over and over, I see that levity helps diffuse practically any difficult situation—which

In The Levity Effect, Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher argue that "levity" is a highly effective tool for helping people to work better; humor helps people pay attention, eases tensions, and enhances a feeling of connection.

The Levity Effect

I'd love to do something funny. Our work often deals with tough subjects. You do your research and it can be quite dark. So after all these years of drama, I'd like to go to work someday with the sole intention of making people laugh.

In my experience sometimes the darker the material that you're doing, the more necessary it is to have some sort of levity around. I've worked on more lighthearted pieces that have been more brutal and tougher to make.

Whatever makes you laugh is fine, and all we can do as comedy professionals is try to steer you towards something that we think is a little better - but not put you down or just perplex you in the process.

I like comedy, I love it very much, I love laughing.

I love watching comedies. It's my favorite thing to watch and it always lifts my spirits.

I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy.

Comedy requires a lot of energy.

The best jokes take something awful and make it silly.

A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.