Henry James Quotes

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.

Sarcasm is weird. Even not in acting, in life I feel like 'sarcastic' is a word that people use to describe me sometimes so when I meet someone, it's almost like they feel like they have to also be sarcastic, but it can sometimes just come off as mean if it's not used in the right way.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.

I don't mean to be funny.

The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

Posturing is funny to me.

Oh, I've never been asked a silly question in my entire life.

People are always saying, 'You use irony,' and it's like, actually, we don't use irony: we use wit and playfulness and irreverence.

I can't be serious, apparently.

I'm truly amazed at you, Garion," Polgara said. "I didn't think you had the faintest idea of how to speak a civilized language." "Thank you," he said, "I think.

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

I'm not one of those people who are, like, always joking in person.

I can be sarcastic.

But I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either.

I just always remember there being an ability to amuse schoolmates. Not in a kind of 'dance-around-at-the-front-of-the-room-with-his-trousers-off' way, but probably with a sardonic quip. I remember getting a school report that said something like, 'Steve's good, but he tries to see the funny side in everything.'

I've never felt that using something with tongue in cheek has been a bad thing.

I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.

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

I think that certain things are funny and certain things are okay to make fun of - including myself.

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.