Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Sometimes I used to think to myself, 'Have I lost a sense of humor?' but I don't think that I have. I think one can be as snarky and sarcastic as lots of people, but I have never found that it makes me particularly happy.

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke.

My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.

My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of humor, you can be sexy but comfortable, you can be timeless but fresh.

I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.

When humor goes, there goes civilization.

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.

You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they've got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything you'll ever see on TV.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

There are different kinds of humor, some is sarcastic, some introspective. Introspective fit my personality better.

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people. I'm talking about a writer's critics, who don't address what you've written, but want to probe into your existence and magnify the trivia of your life without any sense of humor, without any sense of context.

The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune.

I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.

I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair.

He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.

I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart.

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

They say you don't want to meet your heroes, but those two guys, you do want to meet them, because they do not disappoint. Walken has this amazing sense of humor, and Pacino is like just a sweetheart of a guy.

All my humor is based on destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I'd be standing in the bread line - right in back of J. Edgar Hoover.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.

I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to any paramedic, they survive by developing a pretty off-kilter sense of humor.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.