Suzy Kassem Quotes

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.

Sometimes, humor is the only way we get through the day.

Life is tough, and if we don't laugh, we're going to - our head will explode.

I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.

Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.

Humor is an antidote to all ills.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

Humor is to get us over terrible things.

Without a sense of humor, I would have been gone a long time ago.

You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off because comedians often are self-deprecating, and they cross lines that they shouldn't. Stuff like that brings a smile to my face every once in a while when needed.

Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.

Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows.

Laughter is the only thing that'll cut trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.

I realized that I really enjoy writing comedy, and how important comedy is when you feel like total crap.

Just having someone make you laugh so hard that it hurts is so healing to me.

Humor is essential to a full and happy life. It is a reliever and relaxer of pressure and tension, and the saving element in many situations.

My experience is to deal with things through humor.

Humor is an amazing way to talk people down off a ledge.

Humor is an antidote to isolation.

If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like comedians to keep us laughing.

Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

A comedian is simply a different kind of therapist. A comedian is a psychologist and a psychiatrist rolled into one. Except I can't prescribe medicine. (You still need a doctorate, which is bullshit.) Okay, so I'm not like a psychiatrist. Fine. But I'm still like a psychologist (except I can't diagnose or treat mental illness).

Funny always makes the bad things go away.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.