"When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses not only his sense of humor but his value as a humorist."
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"When humor go's, there go's civilization."
"I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor."
"What you want in an interview is four things: You want someone who can explain what they do very well, who can have a sense of humor and hopefully is self - deprecating, who has a bit of a chip on their shoulder, and passion. If you have passion, a chip on the shoulder, a sense of humor, and you can explain what you do very well, it doesn't matter if you're a plumber or a singer or a politician. If you have those four things, you are interesting."
"A sense of humor is the main measure of sanity."
"Cats have no sense of humor, they have terribly inflated egos, and they are very touchy."
"God displayed a sense of humor when he configured the region between our legs an entertainment complex built around a sewage system."
"A sense of humor is the one thing no one will admit to not having."
"One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor."
"Some women feel power is important, some women feel that looks are important, tenderness, intelligence...but sense of humor seems to permeate all of them."
"I guess God has a sense of humor, when he had a man that wanted to start his life as a priest, end up marrying a preacher."
"It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal."
"A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage."
"The friendship that we established early on in our marriage ... that carries you through tough times. That and a good sense of humor."
"Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike."
"The first prerequisite of an advanced being is a sense of humor."
"I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to any paramedic, they survive by developing a pretty off-kilter sense of humor."
"You can always tell somebody's sense of humor by if they like this movie or not."
"Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor."
"I think you really have to tap into your sense of humor in order to survive."
"Be wary of the horse with a sense of humor."