Humour Quotes - Page 4

• the growth of intimacy is like that. First one gives off his best picture, the bright and finished product mended with bluff and falsehood and humour. Then more details are required and one paints a second portrait, and a third – before long the best lines cancel out – and the secret is exposed at last; the planes of the pictures have intermingled and given us away, and though we paint and paint we can no longer sell a picture. We must be satisfied with hoping that such fatuous accounts of ourselves as we make to our wives and children and business associates are accepted as true

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Children, Giving, Wife

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi”, p.415, Simon and Schuster

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• Humour is...the all-consoling and...the all-excusing, grace of life.

  C. S. Lewis

  Grace, Consoling

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• Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it. [Virtue]

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Fun, Peculiar, Life Is

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• It's all rot that they put in the war-news about the good humour of the troops, how they are arranging dances almost before they are out of the front-line. We don't act like that because we are in a good humour: we are in a good humour because otherwise we should go to pieces.

  Erich Maria Remarque

  War, Troops, News

  Erich Maria Remarque (2000). “All quiet on the western front and related readings”

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• Comedy is the most difficult. Comic timing is something which you either have it in you, or you don't. You have to have a good sense of humour to be able to understand it. A split second can make you lose the punch.

  Deepika Padukone

  Splits, Able, Comedy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Lincoln would be just like me. He wouldn't know what the hell to do.

  George W. Norris

  History, Historical, Would Be

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• What about snipers?" I once asked someone. He said, "Oh, most of the snipers have automatic weapon. They arent very accurate.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  History, Historical, Weapons

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays and (Other) Outrages of P.J. O'Rourke”, p.146, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• What is really important to me is a sense of humour and a mischief about life. Life is just too boring otherwise.

  Mira Nair

  Important, Life Is, Boring

  Interview with Bonnie Greer, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2002.

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• It's vital to keep a sense of humour when the world seems to have suddenly become a very strange place.

  Michael Grant

  Strange Places, World, Seems

  Michael Grant (2014). “Gone Series Complete Collection: Gone, Hunger, Lies, Plague, Fear, Light”, p.69, Harper Collins

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• The monster has escaped Elba!" "The tyrant has landed at Cannes!" "Bonaparte meets the troops." "Napoleon approaches Paris." "His Imperial Majesty has entered the capital.

  David Frum

  Tyrants, Paris, History

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• You need to know where to go,' Sanya said. 'Yes,' 'And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.' 'Yes,' I said. ...'There is, I think, humour here which does not translate well from English into sanity.' 'That's pretty rich coming from the agnostic Knight of the Cross with a holy Sword who takes his orders from an archangel.' I said. - Harry Dresden & Sanya, Changes, Jim Butcher

  Jim Butcher

  Thinking, Knights, Order

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• But now you're unhappy," he pointed out. "And?" I challenged. "That doesn't seem fair." He shrugged, but his eyes were still intense. I laughed without humour. "Hasn't anyone told you? Life isn't fair." "I believe I have heard that somewhere before," he agreed dryly.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Believe, Eye, Unhappy

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• Probably there is an imperceptible touch of something permanent that one feels instinctively to adhere to true humour, whereas wit may be the mere conversational shooting up of "smartness"--a bright feather, to be blown into space the second after it is launched...Wit seems to be counted a very poor relation to Humour....Humour is never artificial.

  Mark Twain

  Humor, Space, Shooting Up

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• I'm a diplomat by nature. I help find the middle ground. I crack a joke and use humour to help resolve potentially vicious situations quickly. It gets things in perspective and helps everyone to see that things aren't as bad as they seem.

  Ronnie Wood

  Perspective, Cracks, Use

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• My humour and my work ethic definitely come from my Scottish side, and I have to say the sense of humour doesn't really translate when I'm in America.

  John Barrowman

  America, Work Ethic, Sides

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• My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Anger, Soapbox, Angry

  "Carl Hiaasen: 'My humour has always come from anger'". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.

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• I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.

  Christopher Guest

  America, Comedian, Favourite

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• That said, it was pretty awkward and a weird thing to shoot. Some women had a sense of humour about it and we'd laugh, but some were very serious and suspicious... like I might be doing something bad, or maybe they were just uncomfortable.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Laughing, Awkward, Might

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Cultivate your sense of humour. On life's journey from nappy rash to denture adhesive, humour is a great pain reliever.

  James Simpson

  Pain, Journey, Age

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• Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.

  Ricky Gervais

  Funny, Reading, People

  "Fictional character: David Brent". TV Series "The Office", 2001-2003.

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• My friends know that I have a silly sense of humour and I can be a little vulgar at times - but just with people that I am close to.

  Carmen Electra

  Silly, People, Littles

  "Scary Movie 4 - Carmen Electra interview". www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I've often thought about that and the only suitable member to join me on that climb [to Everest] was George Lowe: he was strong, a good man on a mountain, with a great sense of humour, and I liked that. I think George and I could've done that together ... I've probably never told George that.

  Edmund Hillary

  Strong, Men, Thinking

  "Sir Edmund Hillary's last ever interview". Interview with Maggie Barry, www.noted.co.nz. January 26, 2008.

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• Memmius would only be useless to him for a short time, but that he would remain useless to himself and the Republic forever.

  Scipio Africanus

  History, Forever, Historical

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• Florey was not an easy personality. His drive and ambition were manifest from the day he arrived ... He could be ruthless and selfish; on the other hand, he could show kindliness, a warm humanity and, at times, sentiment and a sense of humour.

  Allen Drury

  Selfish, Ambition, Science

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• Cynicism is the humour of hatred

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Hatred, Cynicism

  Sir Max Beerbohm, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1924*). “Hebert Beerbohm Tree: some memories of him and of his art collected by Max Beerbohm”

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