Great Quotes

I came from a dysfunctional family - very dysfunctional. And my father used to find great humor in throwing me down the stairs.

~ Bob Beckel

One of the great things about the Internet is that you can read what everybody has to say about everything. It is fascinating to me, the critiques about humor by people who have no sense of humor.

~ Matt Groening

A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.

~ Chris Rock

I can't begin to tell you how fulfilling the perennial nature of 'Elf' on television has been for me. It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor.

~ Jon Favreau

I admired Stephen Daldry very much; I think he's a brilliant director, and also, I feel close to him because he has a lot of theater behind him. He's also a man of great imagination and a lovely sense of humor.

~ Max Von Sydow

Ingmar Bergman had a great sense of humor, and he had a very special, characteristic laugh that you always recognized - if he went to watch a theater show, 'Ah! He is here tonight.'

~ Max Von Sydow

You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.

~ Liza Minnelli

My fam is just a regular family. But all of them have great senses of humor.

~ Dane Cook

I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.

~ Bonnie Raitt

I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony.

~ Roger Daltrey

I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.

~ Dana Carvey

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.

~ Alan King

I like Strahan a lot. I've known him for years. He was a Giant here - in many ways. Had a big following with the New York Giants. He's very funny. He's got a great sense of humor.

~ Regis Philbin

I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor.

~ Rachael Ray

My childhood was great because my family has an amazing sense of humor, and it was just all making videos and jokes and doing skits and things.

~ Zach Anner

I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.

~ Vince Vaughn

My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone.

~ Kacey Musgraves

I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.

~ Tamra Davis

The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road.

~ Lisa Loeb

One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.

~ Mallory Ortberg

President Ford used humor a great deal.

~ Robert Orben

My fans have great senses of humor and eat too much chocolate.

~ Christopher Moore

You are not just a funny person or just a journalist. Most people are hybrids of having a smart opinion and a great sense of humor.

~ Katie Nolan

My dad is just like everybody else's dad. I see him as kind of a goofy guy with a great sense of humor. I try to get in a battle of wits with him, but he always gets me. I emulate him because I've never seen anyone work as hard as he does.

~ Peter Uihlein

I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.

~ Cathy Guisewite

I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange sense of humor at times. But I've also been learning to try and embrace that.

~ Matt Mcgorry

Both of my parents have great senses of humor.

~ Kristin Gore

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

~ Dweezil Zappa

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

~ Marian Seldes

I am a great believer that what makes our show different is the humor.

~ Treat Williams

The 'Twilight' movies are great in their own right, but they certainly don't have any sense of humor to them.

~ Mark Waters

I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have no concept of what American sensibility is. I was born in Great Britain, but I was only there for six months, and we moved to Belgium, where I grew up.

~ Frank Oz

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

~ Brendan Coyle

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

~ Brendan Coyle

A lot of people say, 'Hey, God doesn't have a sense of humor.' Yes, He does. God has a great sense of humor.

~ Si Robertson

But because it was able to balance that kind of humor with a sweet story and characters you really rooted for and also got across the girls' point of view, I've heard nothing but great things from younger and older females as well.

~ Jason Biggs

I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.

~ Lance Reddick

I'm a great admirer of Primo Levi's work. It's always mind-boggling, the idea of how much pain people can endure and still come back from the edge with a sense of humor, with this tremendous animal desire we have to get on with life.

~ Allan Gurganus

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

~ Chuck Palahniuk

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

~ Otto Von Bismarck