Humor - Quotes & Sayings
You have got to have a good sense of humor, you have got to be tough, and you have got to know how to dress.
Frank VincentYou either have chemistry or you don't, but a lot of what attracts me is a guy's mind and humor and talent. I need to get to know all those things before I fall for someone.
Nina DobrevI have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera. That's more of an actor thing, just committing to whatever the thing is.
Topher GraceI can't be as open on national television as I can when I'm having dinner with friends. But that doesn't mean the type of person I am is different. My values, my dislikes, my sense of humor are the same.
Matt LauerI realized women and humor were linked very closely.
Craig FergusonI stay far away from political humor.
Anjelah JohnsonI think if I would have started BIG in America, I would probably never have called it BIG. There was nothing but a little bit of local small country humor in the idea.
Bjarke IngelsMixing humor and politics is something that works.
Bryan CranstonDo feminists have a sense of humor? Yes.
Gloria AllredI wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, and I wasn't the biggest, so I got real good at running my mouth and making people laugh and using humor as a way to not get into fights.
Rob RiggleIf the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
Xun KuangMy senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.
Barbara ParkComedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.
Sid CaesarI have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release.
Joaquin PhoenixIt's amazing how these little guys can say things that a mortal human could never get away with. There's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor.
Jeff DunhamThere's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor.
Jeff DunhamThere is very little room for humor and personality in hip-hop.
Andy MineoIt is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.
Freeman DysonI have such a respect for comedy. It's a lot harder than doing drama, in my opinion; you have to have sort of an innate sense of humor. There are rules to comedy you can learn. But ultimately, it really does require a certain point of view on the world, and that really does appeal to me.
Elizabeth BanksI think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
Vera FarmigaI'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor.
Alan MooreIn Buddhism, they say attachment to anything only leads to suffering. So when we laugh, it's our way of saying, 'I'm unattached to that.' You're tickled by it, it makes your lobes do something on their own. So humor is very important to me. I always take that to the stage first.
Jason MrazI think fans are going to get everything you'd expect from 'The Office', from awkwardness, to a lot of humor and heart.
Craig RobinsonIt's funny to see how people react to the project, to read their thoughts, and I wonder aloud, 'Did they even watch the movie? Did they even get it?' I know we, myself and the entire cast, put a lot of heart, love and humor into 'Meet the Peeples'. I'm very proud of that film and what we were able to accomplish.
Craig RobinsonHumor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasn't comedy I don't know if Obama could have ever become president.
Marlon WayansYou learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business of laughter that you can't learn on a set, because it's all on you. Sometimes you bomb, and you know not to tell that joke again... You just hope people find the humor in the awkwardness.
Marlon WayansI still haven't found the humor in getting hit by a cement truck. My knees still hurt when I think about it, so no jokes about that yet.
Adam DeVineI love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony.
Roger DaltreyI don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.
John MalkovichHumor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity.
George TakeiI think that 'Saving Grace' is pretty funny. I think that the show and the woman have a pretty great sense of humor.
Holly HunterI think the humor of double puns is incredible.
Richard LedererMy childhood was great because my family has an amazing sense of humor, and it was just all making videos and jokes and doing skits and things.
Zach AnnerOver the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.
Zach AnnerMy parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
Zach AnnerDepending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
Zach AnnerHumor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
Zach AnnerI'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.
Bonnie RaittPaul Rudd has a very specific brand of humor.
Michael Pena'War on Everyone,' I think... the script was hilarious to me, but it's very dark, dark humor. It's super dark.
Michael PenaWhen you finish a drama, you go, 'I can't wait to do a comedy.' When you finish a comedy, you go, 'I want to do a dramedy, dark humor.'
Michael PenaFeature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn't have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn't explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective.
James WolcottJon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to.
Grace SlickThere's such a rich history in 'SNL' of political humor, and I think audience members expect that from us.
Sasheer ZamataCertainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability to look at the peculiarities of the world and find humor in it.
Christopher HeyerdahlBob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
Al FrankenThere 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 FrankenThere's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.
Al FrankenIf you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
Al FrankenI'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
Harland Williams