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Humor

It felt as if things were literally slipping through my fingers. Things were just streaming away from me. I lost my sense of humor. Im still looking for that. – Michelle Williams

You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because theyve got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything youll ever see on TV. – Harvey Pekar

I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. Whats life without a sense of humor? – Mayer Hawthorne

To me, sadness and humor arent disrelated and humor is the best tool Ive had against the sadness in my life. – Mike Mills

My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what Im talking about or not. – John Hodgman

I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but its never at the expense of the other guy. – Bob Uecker

Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasnt comedy I dont know if Obama could have ever become president. – Marlon Wayans

I think that different pleasures work for different readers – a friend of mine wont read anything thats not a cardiovascular sort of page-turner. I tend to care less about plot, but Im a sucker for humor and strangeness. – Karen Russell

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isnt fiction at all. – Theodore Sturgeon

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

I try to bring it across on my record, in my dress, in what I do and what I say because to me humor is important. You should have a dose of that and I guess giving it is what Im here for. – Bootsy Collins

Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just dont get it. – Lara Flynn Boyle

They dont make you pay for the humor. Its up and down, but theyre trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever. – Mike Judge

I dont know if my sense of humor goes over Americans heads. – Ryan Kwanten

I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than Americas and juicier than Britains. I think its a cross between the two of them, really. – Scott Thompson

Anyone in the humor business isnt thinking clearly if he doesnt surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity – or you burn yourself out. – Hank Ketcham

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

Well, its a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader… But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better. – Garry Trudeau

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. Theyre all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives. – Norman Lear

Sometimes Americans dont quite get my sense of humor. My good ol British sarcasm seems to go over their heads. – Lee Westwood