Humor Quotes
“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.”
“Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.”
-- Lionel Trilling
“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.”
-- Will Eisner
“This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.”
-- Lin Yutang
“If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.”
-- Paul Simon