Sense Of Humor Quotes - Page 9

• Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.

  Peter Tork

  Men

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• I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility. . . . There are arrogant people in this world and, what is worse, arrogant judges.

  Harry A. Blackmun

  Being Yourself, Humility, People

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• A big part of the humor is in identifying with the tragic elements of the film. The New Zealand sense of humor is very dark. Our films are usually very dark and it's always someone being killed. Usually a child.

  Taika Waititi

  Children, Dark, Elements

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career.

  Tracy Morgan

  Mother, Brother, Father

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• 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

  Views, Taste, Sides

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• I love a sense of humor, I love intelligence, I love specificity, I love surprises. I'm inspired to get out of bed in the morning and fill my day with good things.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Morning, Bed, Inspired

  "Interview: Michael Stuhlbarg of ‘A Serious Man’". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.com. October 8, 2009.

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• There is something about being a director where, for me personally, I get to . . . it's the closest I'll ever come to being able to be a stand up. And to use my particular sense of humor, and hear people laughing, without me having to stand up in front of an audience and tell jokes.

  Barry Sonnenfeld

  People, Laughing, Directors

  Source: collider.com

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• I think if you have someone without a sense of humor, you're less likely to be together.

  Ed Sheeran

  Thinking, Together, Ifs

  "Exclusive: Ed Sheeran Tells Us the Song He'd Write for Taylor Swift, Dating Advice, and His Fave Redhead". Interview with Anna Moeslein, www.glamour.com. May 3, 2013.

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• In the wise words of Mahatma Gandhi: have a sense of humor.

  Drew Chadwick

  Wise, Wise Words

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• Angels have a sense of humor...The angels wants us to enjoy life. Have a good laugh at yourself every now and again for taking life seriously. Then take time to laugh with the angels!

  Margaret Neylon

  Angel, Laughing, Enjoy Life

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• I don't really think of myself as quirky; I have sort of an unusual sense of humor.

  Kyle MacLachlan

  Thinking, Quirky, Unusual

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.

  William E. Rothschild

  Wise, Wisdom, Mercy

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• Don't just get mad, try a little creative revenge ... Creative revenge ... allows you to get even - to extract some satisfactory justice - when you are wronged, but lets you do it with a sense of humor, not boiling malice.

  Sonia Friedman

  Revenge, Anger, Justice

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• In comedy, you have to do all of the same stuff you do in drama and then put the comedy on top of it. You, the actor, are aware of the comedy but the character is oblivious. And you have to have a sense of humor.

  Jon Lovitz

  Drama, Character, Stuff

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• I think as far as the action genre goes, I like when it has a sense of humor. I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.

  Maggie Grace

  Girl, Thinking, Action

  "Maggie Grace Talks LOCKOUT, TWILIGHT, TAKEN 2, DECODING ANNIE PARKER, and More". Interview, collider.com. April 10, 2012.

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• Trust, a sense of humor, and don't let the sun go down on an argument without trying to make it up. That's all I know about good marriage. I've been married a long time - it seems to be working.

  Stephen King

  Long, Trying, Sun

  "Stephen King, Marriage Counselor? Yes... If Your Lover's a Psycho Killer". Interview with Jonathan Lees, www.complex.com. October 3, 2014.

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• Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.

  Colin Powell

  Toil, Break, Tension

  "Transcript: Secretary of State Colin Powell". www.foxnews.com. June 13, 2004.

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• If you haven't got a sense of humor you're making your life a hundred times harder. It doesn't matter what happens to you, if you can have a laugh about it, and don't take yourself so serious, you have the battles halfway won.

  Jack Bruce

  Laughing, Battle, Matter

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• The Australian sense of humor is very dry, sarcastic, and very undercover. Like if I tell any jokes in America, people just think I'm serious! So I just quit telling any jokes whatsoever.

  Heath Ledger

  Sarcastic, Thinking, America

  "Remembering Heath Ledger" by Prairie Miller, newsblaze.com. January 23, 2008.

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• 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

  Running, Jobs, Elevators

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.62, Penguin

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• A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything.

  Winifred Holtby

  Humor, Needs, Sides

  Winifred Holtby (2011). “Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of Irrelevance”, p.190, Hachette UK

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• it's dreadful when two people's senses of humor are antagonistic. I don't believe there's any bridging that gulf!

  Jean Webster

  Believe, Humor, Two

  Jean Webster (2016). “Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated”, p.115, Jester House Publishing

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• Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

  Maya Angelou

  Kings, Powerful, Heart

  "America's Renaissance Woman". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 22, 1997.

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• I think spending a lot of time with my mom, who's a talker and a storyteller, and my dad, who has kind of a soft-spoken, understated sense of humor, I think that's how I became what I am, which is sort of an understated storyteller.

  Mike Birbiglia

  Mom, Dad, Thinking

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I think a sense of humor is a very personal thing, and I don't know if I am talented enough to do romantic comedies.

  Charlize Theron

  Thinking, Comedy, Enough

  "AWFJ Women On Film – Charlize Theron Talks 'Burning Plain'". Interview with Jen Yamato, awfj.org. September 24, 2009.

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