No, it wasn’t fame that distorted Fields (W.C.). It was sickness and the clutching fear of being discarded to die on the Hollywood rubbish heap. If he must play a nasty old drunk and be publicised as a nasty old drunk in order to work on the Edgar Bergen radio show, then so be it. […]
Humor Quotes
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
Nothing is better than the unintended humor of reality.
Humor comes from self-confidence. There’s an aggressive element to wit.
Humor looked in the mirror… and saw Love.
He’d never laugh at my jokes. I was a woman, meaning my relationship with humor should have been as an object, not a perpetrator.
I’ll tell you what Fowler’s trouble is. It is making jokes. It is falling foul of the global conspiracy of the humorless. Jokes humanize, jokes civilize, jokes deflect wrath. Jokes give perspective, insight, clarity. Jokes give complexity. Jokes add life-giving layers of possibility. Jokes do not compromise the seriousness: jokes add to a serious intention […]
What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers. But most people agree on what is funny, and most people like to be around a person with a great sense of humor, provided he also […]
