Humor Quotes
“Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.”
“Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people.”
-- Robert Altman
“Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public, but they itch in public.”
-- Tom Walsh
“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
“The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.”
-- Peter De Vries
“While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom.”
-- Randy Forbes
“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
“Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.”
-- William Glasser