#sense of humor

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

— William James

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If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. ↗

— Jennifer Jones

#characteristic #choose #could #get #life

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#appreciate #breaking #hearts #irony #joke

He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really. ↗

— Fay Wray

#because #fair #fun #going #good

He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#brutal #brutality #came #elegant #found

People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy. ↗

— Gary Oldman

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Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#different sense #different styles #everybody #got #humor

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#great qualities #humor #majority #overwhelming #overwhelming majority

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic. ↗