The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.

With Ricky Gervais, it's all shades of wrong, it's my kind of humor.

There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.

I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those are crucial, real things to life.

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.

When a chick has a sense of humor, there's nothing more attractive.

I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.

Gags die, humor doesn't.

I definitely need a girl that has a good sense of humor because there are some girls that are just very uptight.

I have the humor of a 9-year-old boy, and sometimes I've had laughing fits on-air.

Picking my topics is sort of a process of elimination for me. Most things don't work for me. I like to cover science and unexpected things happening in labs. Also, theoretical research doesn't work for my style. I need scenes and interactions. Then, humor. I'm having the most fun when I can have fun with my work.

Anyone who's married to Mariah Carey - I'm pretty sure - doesn't have a great sense of humor. I mean, let's be honest: she's ridiculous. What is her game plan?

The wealthy don't have any sense of humor. It's not like the English, where the theater is perhaps the one place where they have a sense of humor about themselves.

There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.

I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.

President Ford used humor a great deal.

I think the thrust of any child is to try to fit in and be part of it. And I can't tell you how many times my humor, you know, what I thought was humor ended up making me the outsider. Like I'd be, I go, 'It's a joke.' And they'd go, 'Well, what was funny?' And they just thought I was insane.

The biggest void that people can have in their lives is a sense of humor. Spending your life with someone who doesn't have that wouldn't be palatable.

Part of my humor is the fact that I love coming out of left field. I don't want people to expect what is going to happen next.

I just am a snob when it comes to humor.

When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's long out of print now, but its mix of macabre humor and 1960s psychedelia made it a perfect children's book for the times.

Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery.

Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.

I'm very confident that Nick Hornby always gets it right as a writer. He has the vernacular and passion. He is adroit and dry, and balances humor with the humanity of life.

The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'

I have a dark sense of humor.

I have a need to always make people laugh. I have a desperate need. I love a great sense of humor. The people I sort of surround myself with have that.

Women respond to comfort and a sense of humor. I was always able to make them laugh, so that helps a lot.

There's humor in everything. There's gotta be humor in everything.

I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.

I'm sure I've all but lost friends by maintaining that, despite their love for it, I always saw Stanley Kramer's 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' as more of an exercise in anti-comedy than humor.

The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?

I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.

I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor.

I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.

I didn't think that anything is beyond humor - not profane humor, but a good, honest approach to humor.

I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian.

Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.

If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time.

Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.

I can't not put humor in a book.

Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.

When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.