A Quote by David Byrne

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

David Byrne

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David Byrne
Scottish - Musician
Born: May 14, 1952

People are always saying, 'You use irony,' and it's like, actually, we don't use irony: we use wit and playfulness and irreverence.

Giles Deacon

Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.

Monica Raymund

I laugh when I see people in pain. Sometimes I think it is a defense mechanism from childhood, where you're in so much pain you have to laugh. It is a survival mechanism.

Andy Dick

With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism.

Judd Apatow

I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism.

Sherri Shepherd

Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it.

Randall Robinson

Humor was also a defense mechanism from getting picked on at school. If I could be funny maybe people wouldn't bother me.

Pandora Boxx

It was declared by Congress that marijuana makes people insane. But . . . lawyers, defense lawyers, got the idea, OK, I can use this for an insanity defense.

Noam Chomsky

I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this person want?' And I put up a defense mechanism. But I've always been that way.

Derek Jeter

Fashion has always been my defense mechanism.

Rihanna

I was the fat kid, so as a defense mechanism, I was the jokester.

Peter DeLuise

Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.

Garry Shandling

You and your brain are two things. The brain is your machinery just like everything else is your machinery. This hand is my mechanism; I use it. My brain is my mechanism; I use it.

Rajneesh

As the name of the agency suggests, 'Department of Defense,' the defense refers to the United States of America - not the defense of South Korea, not the defense of Ukraine, not the defense of Syria or Germany.

Ann Coulter

I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was a pretty shy guy.

Tim Hawkins

When you're walking at the airport, you're expected to smile at people because they know you... I find that tough. I'm only trying to protect myself. So I don't take my eyes off the floor. People can take that as attitude. But it's actually shyness. Yes, it is a bad habit. But it's a defense mechanism.

Katrina Kaif

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