Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

There is nothing that is so serious that you can't also see its comic side. Comedy is a way of talking about the most serious things.

The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.

I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful.

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.

Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of reality.

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

Funny is when you're serious.

On one level, I am a massive joker and can't take anything seriously, but on the other hand, I'm incredibly serious and a deep thinker, so I have that dichotomy within me.

Ultimate seriousness in not without a dose of humor.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

I always believe that funny is serious and serious is funny. You don't really need a distinction between them.

Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous.

I think that there's a fine line between comedy and drama.

In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.

I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

In everything I write, I'm always striving to hit the right mix of light and darkness, humor and pain, fun and seriousness.

There's so much humor in serious things sometimes.

I'm a very serious person. Unfortunately, sometimes.

Just because a subject is serious doesn't mean it doesn't have plenty of absurdities.

I think a good dollop of sadness is quite a useful thing in comedy sometimes. I think if everyone's happy all the time, it's a bit dull. It's like salt and caramel - you wouldn't imagine they would go well together, but they do.

In life, there's a ying and a yang and a balance. And when you don't have balance, you have comedy.