A Sense Of Humor Quotes

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

The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.
- Jason Alexander

It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one can say your mother didn't have a sense of humor.
- Cassandra Clare

Laughing stock: cattle with a sense of humor.
- Steven Wright

And of course these days I feel like there is a nation of us - displaced southerners and children of the working class. We listen to Steve Earle, Mary J. Blige, and k.d. lang. We devour paperback novels and tell evil mean stories, value stubbornness above patience and a sense of humor more than a college education. We claim our heritage with a full appreciation of how often it has been disdained.
And let me promise you, you do not want to make us angry.
- Dorothy Allison

Oh, God, oh, God. A sense of humor. She'd thought the hardly-even-a-hint she'd caught of it a while back had been a one-off thing, but that was a joke he'd just made. An honest-to-God joke! She wanted to have his baby.
- Susan Andersen

I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy.
- Nicole Appleton

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.
- Horace Walpole

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman
- Oscar Wilde

You can't. He has it shielded. Besides, he's a god and can be a nasty one if you upset him. You try popping into any place where his beloved wife is and you'll get fried faster than chicken at KFC. He doesn't have a sense of humor when it comes to her. So wipe the frown off your face before you hurt her feelings and get gutted for it. (Phobos)
- Sherrilyn Kenyon

A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge.
- Dave Barry

You've got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity.
- Lance Bass

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

If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor.
- Kate Beckinsale

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
- Franklin D Roosevelt

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.
- Silvio Berlusconi

Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it.
- Lara Flynn Boyle

I think that sense of humor is important in marriage. A sense of humor gets people through marriage.
- Connie Britton

There's something about Southern women that is so unique yet so universal. Strong southern women are allowed to be soft and feminine and have a sense of humor. But what I love about Southern women in particular is their universality.
- Connie Britton

You know Death will get you in the end, but if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for awhile
- Jimmy Buffett

If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron wouldn't let us call the place the Poop Pile, especially after it had been named for Zeus, who doesn't have much of a sense of humor.
- Rick Riordan

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.
- Edgar Rice Burroghs

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

The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.
- Candace Bushnell

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
- Samuel Butler

I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.
- Louis C K

As you proceed through life, following your own path, birds will shit on you. Don't bother to brush it off.
Getting a comedic view of your situation gives you spiritual distance.
Having a sense of humor saves you.
- Joseph Campbell

Miss Langman was often, in interviews, described as a witty conversationalist; how can a woman be witty when she hasn't a sense of humor? - and she has none, which was her central flaw as a person and as an artist.
- Truman Capote

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

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

Women don't have a sense of humor. They don't need one. The Almighty made them as a permanent joke on men. From which one may logically deduce tha the Almighty is a female.
- Loretta Chase

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
- Bill Cosby

I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for life's essential absurdity.
- Stephen King

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.
- Madonna Ciccone

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
- Patricia Clarkson

He would be atleast sixteen-old enough to have a driver's licence- and he would have crinkles around his eyes that showed he had a sense of humor and he would be tall, the kind of boy all the other girls would like to date
- Beverly Cleary

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
- Dwight D Eisenhower

and he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say for sure? Humor is a very private thing.
- Hunter S Thompson

You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs.
- Terry Pratchett

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Nor would anybody suspect. If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor.
- Robert A Heinlein

Mum says be careful of boys who never take anything seriously. Dad says a boy needs a good sense of humor to get through his love life. Jazz says my dad must need a sense of humor to get through his love life if he's living in the shed
- Cath Crowley

I'm not that bad," he said. "I'm rich, popular. I have a sense of humor. I'm good looking, and not to mention I have a really big
- J M Darhower

I had made her so unhappy that she had developed a sense of humor. [-Rabo Karabekian]
- Kurt Vonnegut

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.
- Catherine Deneuve

Rats have a sense of humor. Rats, in fact think the world is very funny. And they are right, dear reader. They are right.
- Kate Dicamillo

The problem is that we've got a sense of humor and (Republicans have) got guns. Will we die laughing?
- Thomas M Disch

I wanted a boyfriend who was a Christian but who wasn't uptight about it, who was good-looking and intelligent and had an interesting job and a sense of humor, who said "fuck" when the situation warranted it, who had attempted to but been unable to finish St. Augustine's City of God, who could argue politics with my mother and talk business with my father, who liked Indian food and had nice friends and knew how to dress and would like someday to live abroad.
- Sarah Dunn

Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.
- Dick Van Dyke

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
- Max Eastman

I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.
- Zac Efron

Cultivate," I said, "a sense of humor. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good.
- Jerome K Jerome

Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.
- Eminem

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.
- Clifton Paul Fadiman

If I had a sense of humor, I'd be laughing right now.
- Christine Feehan

Henry Denton: You Brits really don't have a sense of humor do you?
Elsie: We do if something's funny, sir.
- Julian Fellowes

The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.
- Geraldine Ferraro

The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
- Viktor E Frankl

When you say a friend has a sense of humor do you mean that he makes you laugh, or that he can make you laugh?
- Max Frisch

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
- Larry Gelbart

Being a Hot Mom means being respected as a mom and a woman. And, the key to being a Hot Mom is having a sense of humor about yourself and all the crazy situations that arise.
- Jami Gertz

Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.
- Wavy Gravy

A sense of humor, properly developed, is superior to any religion so far devised.
- Tom Robbins

A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.
- Tom Robbins

A lot of stars don't have a sense of humor.
- Kathy Griffin

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.
- Dr Seuss

We are really living the American dream, to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously in fashion.
- Tommy Hilfiger

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

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

A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
- Clive James

Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence.
- Criss Jami

To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.
- Criss Jami

Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.
- Criss Jami

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.
- Jeremy Renner

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.
- Peter Jennings

I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computer and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.
- Steve Jobs

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
- Jennifer Jones

People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it's a sense of humor. If you've got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive.
- Phil Keoghan

God really must have had a sense of humor, because if I had to name my biggest turn-on, it was literature. And he had just recommended a book that I didn't know, that wasn't taught in school. If I were single, there would be no better pick-up line.
- Kody Keplinger

You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it.
- Kesha

she doesn't really have a sense of humor. I think she'd like to have oneit's just that she doesn't quite understand what jokes are for.
- Sophie Kinsella

These days, all I ask of Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another...Most good people have a sense of humor. The problem is finding smile-inducing evil people, because the evil are mostly humorless.
- Dean Koontz

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.
- Michael Kors

Turns out that sometimes, faith and a sense of humor really can be all you need.
- Amy Lane

White men have screwed this country up! I would like a black, female.... everything all rolled into one.I want something different. I want a real change. People, I want a president who speaks well, who has a sense of humor. This guy is such a moron! It's beyond the point where it's a joke. He's an idiot.
- Denis Leary

There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
- Sinclair Lewis

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it.
- Lorna Luft

So she viewed time spent in the land of the normal as an investigation into the world of marriage-worthy men, even if she was unsure about her own interest in marriage. There must be one solid citizen who also had a spark of life, a sense of humor and adventure.
- Steve Martin

I decided long ago that life's absurd. If you don't develop a sense of humor, it will drive you mad.
- James Maxey

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.
- Mignon Mclaughlin

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.
- Wentworth Miller

Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change.
- Paradox: Life is a mystery; don't waste your time trying to figure it out.
- Humor: Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure
- Change: Know that nothing ever stays the same.
- Dan Millman

Tony and I had a good on and off screen relationship, we are two very different people, but we did share a sense of humor, we now live in different parts of the world but when we find ourselves in the same place it is more or less as if there had been no years in between.
- Roger Moore

All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on
her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her simplicity
decorated us, her guilt sanctified us, her pain made us glow with health, her
awkwardness made us think we had a sense of humor. Her inarticulateness made us
believe we were eloquent. Her poverty kept us generous. Even her waking dreams
we used--to silence our own nightmares.
- Toni Morrison

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
- Dee Dee Myers

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.
- George Jean Nathan

People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.
- Gary Oldman

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.
- Katy Perry

CALVIN:
Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?
When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny.
Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?
HOBBES:
I suppose if we couldn't laugh at the things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.
- Bill Watterson

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

We're all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day 4) We are committed over the long haul 5) The stakes for us are high and real 6) We accept remuneration for our labor 7) We do not overidentify with our jobs 8 ) We master the technique of our jobs 9) We have a sense of humor about our jobs 10) We receive praise or blame in the real world
- Steven Pressfield

This brings up yet another, far more important misconception: that being comically generative and having a sense of humor are one and the same thing. The former is among the least important things in the world, while the latter is among the most. One is a handy social tool, the other an integral component of human survival. It bears repeating a third time: Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does.
- David Rakoff

It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.
- Rachael Ray

A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.
- Chris Rock

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.
- Tupac Shakur

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.
- Martin Sheen

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

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.
- William Gilmore Simms

Even celebrities, most people have a sense of humor. Most of the people we meet who we've done on the show, like it.
- Matt Stone

Once you hold the hand of Death, the only thing in life that can scare you is a sense of humor.
- Lionel Suggs

I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality.
- Amber Tamblyn

If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.
- Alan Thicke

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
- E B White

I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.
- Suzanne Vega

Thank heaven I don't inherit God from anybody! I am free to make mine up as I wish Him. He's kind and sympathetic and imaginative and forgiving and understanding - and He has a sense of humor.
- Jean Webster

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
- Jessamyn West

The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of humor or irony pitched in exactly the same key, so that their joint glances on any subject cross like interarching searchlights.
- Edith Wharton

I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.
- John Zorn