“What’s the point in having humor? Humor is to get us over terrible things.”
Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter
Source: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 2
“What’s the point in having humor? Humor is to get us over terrible things.”
Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter
“Crowd men have no sense of humor. It is very difficult to educate solemn and opinionated people.”
Everett Dean Martin (1880–1941)
Source: The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926), p. 89
Robert Orben (1928) American magician and writer
Claudia Buck (May 26, 1986) "Humorless Election Year Is Nothing To Laugh At", Sacramento Bee, p. A1.
“The whole reason of this War is because the Germans have no sense of humor.”
André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
Les silences du colonel Bramble (The Silence of Colonel Bramble)
Epifanio de los Santos (1871–1928) Filipino politician
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Source: The Manila Tribune. April 19, 1928.
Michelle J. Howard (1960) United States Navy vice admiral
On military service, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2010. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2013-12-20/black-woman-named-to-a-top-u-s-navy-job-says-wimps-fail.html <br class="br">2010s
“If I didn't have a sense of humor, how could I stand this trial now?”
Hermann Göring (1893–1946) German politician and military leader
To Leon Goldensohn (27 May 1946)
The Nuremberg Interviews (2004)
“If man had more of a sense of humor, things might have turned out differently.”
Stanisław Lem book Solaris
Source: Solaris (1961), Ch. 12: "The Dreams", p. 184