Top 1200 Gallows Humor Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

That's the great thing about a sense of humor and a sex drive, you can't wait to share it with everybody else.

You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, I cannot tell. What I mean is that I am under the influence of some tremendous attraction which I have resisted in vain, and which overmasters me. You could draw me to fire, you could draw me to water, you could draw me to the gallows, you could draw me to any death, you could draw me to anything I have most avoided, you could draw me to any exposure and disgrace. This and the confusion of my thoughts, so that I am fit for nothing, is what I mean by your being the ruin of me.

Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.

One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humor.

The best point of my novels, I think, is their humor. I want to keep many my works humorous.

Happiness is gentleness, peace, concentration, simplicity, forgiveness, humor, fearlessness, trust, and now.

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.

I don't know if humor has a place for it but being light hearted does and not to take it too seriously.

In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies.

Humor is important. Nothing against bands that are always a downer, but the reality is - it just becomes theater.

I am a great believe that your humor is developed at a very early age and it doesn't ever change.

Evangelicals always assume that humor and faith are contradictory. It's OK to smile, to be nice, but not frivolous.

Our whole family has a similar sense of humor. We get over things by laughing at ourselves.

It's true, of course, humor is very important in my life, as you know. That's the only reason for living, in fact.

I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor.

My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.

Girls want to be with guys who have a sense of humor-it makes them far more attractive to us.

The biggest void that people can have in their lives is a sense of humor. Spending your life with someone who doesn't have that wouldn't be palatable.

And we all vied, in saving face, to be the greatest student of human nature, the person with the quickest sense of humor.

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.

There is no place in the world, I imagine, for a philosopher with a sense of humor, a new leisure, and an inquiring turn of mind!

My parents and I always put great emphasis on telling stories that appeal to a child's sense of humor.

Our sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated.

All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy. But you need a hell of a sense of humor to handle it.

I had mostly been writing humor books, and my instinct is generally to go for the joke.

Humor connects us, especially in politics. It's a way of surprising one another with shared context and experience.

Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.

Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.

Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.

I like an English sense of humor: dry, dirty, a little bit off. That's kind of my taste.

I can't be alone in saying that humor has gotten me through some hard times in my life.

I think having a sense of humor is just as important a coping mechanism as it is a gift for everyday life.

In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.

Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.

In my experience, there are two things that no one will admit to: having no sense of humor and being susceptible to flattery.

Every Brit I met had the best sense of humor. They're hilarious: very dry and witty.

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.

I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.

It was nice that you guys have such a good sense of humor, because some people don't have the ability to laugh at something.

Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.

I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

I think fans are going to get everything you'd expect from 'The Office', from awkwardness, to a lot of humor and heart.

I like working on stories where I can explore the darker corners of childhood without illustrations but with humor.

Outsiders develop humor as a defense; why do you think most comedians are gay or Jewish?

My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too.

I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world.

Humor is not debatable. It's like sex. Either you're aroused or you're not. Nobody can reason you around to their point of view.

I feel like humor is a part of life. I don't think it comes through as much in the novels as it does in my head.

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

'Trek' is probably more cerebral and philosophical. 'Stargate' does seat-of-the-pants adventure and humor better.

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

And it really pisses Peter and Micky off when I get onto one of those tangents where I start to do humor.

A sense of humor saves your life, and being able to make friends wherever you go.

Humor is a way of saying we're all seeing the same ridiculous, absurd, infuriating things together.

I warn people, your 40s will require massive amounts of humor and humility.

I love dark humor that crosses the line and makes you say, 'That's so wrong!' And that's 'Family Guy' to me.

If there were a Mount Rushmore of American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they'd carve it from

God likes a little humor, as is evidence by the fact that he made the monkeys, the parrot -- and some of you people.