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Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose 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.

They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever.

You may not like the humor, but that is why every radio has an on-off button.

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that.

Incongruity, they say, is one of the main ingredients of humor. Maybe it's because everybody can feel superior to me. I honestly don't know.

People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it's a sense of humor. If you've got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive.

All my jobs have been with food in one way or another since 1948. My parents were in the hotel business, and I just loved the warm hearted people who worked so hard with such good humor.

Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.

Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.

In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets; you may not find something to laugh about immediately.

Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.