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I find the humor in life, and laugh easily -- Doreen Virtue
The greatest Jewish tradition is to laugh. The cornerstone of Jewish survival has always been to find humor in life and in ourselves. -- Jerry Seinfeld
Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor. -- Tcheky Karyo
I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists. -- Mike Epps
People in real life don't get ballplayers' humor, the way we talk in the clubhouse. -- Justin Verlander
My view of life is colored by humor and looking at the best in any situation. -- Michael J. Fox
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor. -- Margaret Cho
Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige. -- Jean Pigozzi
To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life. -- Mike Mills
Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss. -- Allen Klein
I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that. -- Lawrence Kasdan
But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me. -- Marion Ross
It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you. -- Margaret Cho
I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor. -- Gad Elmaleh
I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me. -- Greg Kinnear
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. -- Maya Angelou
Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life. -- David Lynch
There 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 Franken
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. -- Howie Mandel
I think it's important to find humor anywhere you can. In real life, with the darkest, scariest, most intense moments, if you can find something funny, that's good. -- Katie Lowes
I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe. -- Paula Poundstone
You write the way you think about the world. My motto in times of trouble - and I'm speaking of life, not writing - is 'no humor too black.' -- Elizabeth McCracken
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. -- Hugh Sidey
Certainly, 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 Heyerdahl
It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver. -- Betty White
My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress. -- Joan Cusack
I don't think that there's necessarily a side to drama that has to be completely bleak. You have to have a flicker of humor 'cause everyone has a flicker of humor, something they find funny in life. -- Amy Seimetz
I think shows that are completely dramatic are a lie. People use humor to cope. That is how we deal with things. In the darkest situations, there's humor. And if you don't show that, you're not being true to real life. -- Jenji Kohan
We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor. -- Billy Childish
If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird... 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so... if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion. -- Nick Vujicic
Total absence of humor renders life impossible -- Sidonie Gabrielle
Total absence of humor renders life impossible. -- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
People with no humor, they're outta my life. -- Patti LaBelle
What life is to humor, humor is to life. -- Krishna Sagar
My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns. -- Bret Michaels
Life sure has a sick sense of humor, doesn't it? -- Patrick Swayze
Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor. -- Foster Friess
Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life. -- Barbara Johnson
Sometimes the best cure for life's woes is a sense of humor. -- Frank K. Sonnenberg
A sense of humor is an escape valve for the pressures of life. -- Richard G. Scott
Faith handles the ultimate incongruities of life, humor handles the more immediate ones. -- William Sloane Coffin
Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows. -- Peggy Noonan
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. -- Bill Cosby
In real life, people in the most dire situations must cope through humor. -- Tina Fey
It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity. -- Louise Erdrich
Life is a waste without humor -- living is all about happiness and laughter. -- Fauja Singh
You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it. -- Kesha
Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous. -- Peter Jennings
He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor. -- J. D. Salinger
Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be, to protect yourself. -- Kurt Vonnegut
Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. -- Lewis Mumford
Humor and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life's sorrow with grace. -- Matthew Fox
Humor is an attitude, a survivor's way of looking at life. It's not about telling jokes. -- Michael Shurtleff
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Comedy is about flaws anyway... There's a lot of humor in the dark areas of life. -- Brett Gelman
I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor? -- Mayer Hawthorne
I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for life's essential absurdity. -- Stephen King
I have a black sense of humor. You try living my life, see what color yours turns. -- Karen Marie Moning
If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. -- Jennifer Jones
In everyday life, I use positive thoughts, sense of humor, Taekwondo, running, and yoga to make me stronger. -- Pom Klementieff
I really do believe that anything in life, any obstacle or challenge, can be made better with humor. -- Amy Poehler
Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof. -- Stephen Leacock
Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot. -- Peter Jennings
Humor is about perspective, and hanging out with people who see life through a similar lens is so important. -- Mariska Hargitay
Life is not a tragedy, it is a comedy. To be alive means to have a sense of humor. -- Rajneesh
My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor. -- Manuel Puig
In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one. -- Mignon McLaughlin
So long as you have courage and a sense of humor, it is never too late to start life afresh. -- Freeman Dyson
If anything, I've probably tended more toward humor in my writing and veered more toward pleasure in my personal life. -- Jim Goad
Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible. -- Lisa Kleypas
This life is full of trials and tribulations, so you have to capture humor whenever and wherever you can find it. -- Steven Callahan
Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage. -- Anne Lamott
I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive. -- Anne Wilson Schaef
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. -- William Arthur Ward
It's true, of course, humor is very important in my life, as you know. That's the only reason for living, in fact. -- Marcel Duchamp
Comedy is a necessity to get through life with the fewest scars. Humor is the best antidote to help relieve all struggles. -- Suzy Kassem
Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others. -- Thomas More
Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana. -- Lana Turner
Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste. -- Carter Burwell
It is perhaps life's greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one's wits, one's sense of humor, one's health, and one's charm. -- Yehudi Menuhin
When I was at the interview asked how I cope with life's difficulties, I said that saving sense of humor. I'm not lying ... -- Eva Longoria
Humor is the most important thing in life. It trumps everything else and it's the only thing that helps me deal with everything else. -- Paul Rudd
I can't imagine a life without humor. Especially if you have an existential understanding of life, you must acknowledge the absurdity of it all. -- David Cronenberg
I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world. -- Tanit Phoenix
When you lose your sense of humor, get a job running an elevator, because your life will be a series of Ups and Downs anyway. -- Napoleon Hill
Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful. -- Rashida Jones
A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps. -- Jill Abramson
Humor is essential to a full and happy life. It is a reliever and relaxer of pressure and tension, and the saving element in many situations. -- Richard L. Evans
Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. -- Amy Alcott
Any time there's a lot of pressure, it's life and death, you go toward this very dark kind of humor. Soldiers do it. Cops do it. -- Ronald Perelman
Certainly my personality, my sense of humor, my outlook on life was informed by the experiences of my parents and the stories they shared with me. -- Geddy Lee
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style -- Maya Angelou
I feel like humor is a part of life. I don't think it comes through as much in the novels as it does in my head. -- Stephenie Meyer
The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the world. -- Andre Rieu
Everyone has their personal topics. My comedy has always been very strong on observational humor, it stems from what I see every day in my life. -- Iliza Shlesinger
Purpose, or mission, is determined by the development of values, balance, ethics, humor, morality, and sensitivities. It manifests itself in the way we look at life. -- Luci Swindoll
I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor. -- Katie Price
In real life, Josh [Gad] is a different kind of lovable idiot. In real life, he's a much filthier idiot. He has a dirty sense of humor. -- Josh Gad
As accidental as my life may be, or as that random humor is, which governs it, I know nothing, after all, so real or substantial as myself -- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury
My own inclination is to skew towards humor. They say that some people view life as a comedy, others as a tragedy. Me? Comedy all the way. -- Lauren Willig
I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it. -- Mac DeMarco
Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all. -- Diane Keaton
I guess God has a sense of humor, when he had a man that wanted to start his life as a priest, end up marrying a preacher. -- Jonathan Cain
What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies. -- Rudy Giuliani
Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else. -- Doris Roberts
He was through playing games. When it came to Soteria, he had no sense of humor whatsoever. Anyone who threatened her, ended their life. It was that simple. -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors. -- Bill Forsyth
I think humor is incredibly positive, I think it is life advancing. There's medical research to show that it improves your antibodies. It's all about sense and perspective. -- John Cleese
Within any drama in anyone`s life, there`s always a way to find the humor in it. Without humor no one cares about whatever drama is going on. -- Elizabeth Reaser
I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally. -- Wallace Shawn
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