Stephenie Meyer Quotes

If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

My parents are really funny. Laughter was a big part of my childhood. Of course, they tell a lot of bad jokes - but so do I. I tell a lot of bad jokes.

My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.

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

I have not taken my good looks seriously from the beginning. When I would be teased by my friends about my looks, I would just make a self-deprecating remark and let it pass.

My father used to call me the laughing hyena.

I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.

I like a girl who does not take me seriously, you know? It's important to be able to laugh at each other.

I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.

People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's a sign of affection, truly. It's a true test of love and friendship: can you make a man laugh at himself? So what makes a good burn? Go after targets you love and respect. And hit 'em hard.

I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I'm always joking about; that's the way I am.

You can send a lot of instruction through laughter.

My childhood was great because my family has an amazing sense of humor, and it was just all making videos and jokes and doing skits and things.

The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need to put on a white face.

What do I do? (Jeff) Well, not to insult a man who looks like a rocket scientist in comparison to you, but…run, Forrest, run. (Rafael)

I laughed out loud and shook my head, "You're crazy!" He nodded, "About you.

Did you hear 'bout Ticklish Tom? He got tickled by his mom. Wiggled and giggled and fell on the floor, . . . . And all the more that he kept gigglin', All the more folks kept ticklin'. He shrieked and screamed and rolled around, Laughed his way right out of town. Through the country down the road, He got tickled by a toad. . . . . Giggling, rolling on his back He rolled on the railroad track. Rumble, rumble, whistle, roar- Tom ain't ticklish any more.

Look at that,' she whispered, and then after a moment: 'I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around.

You should not take prayer too seriously. There is something playful about God. You only have to look at a penguin ... to realize that He likes to play little jokes on creatures.

I guess the tone of jokes is often, at best, irreverent, but it always comes from a place of deep love.

It did not look like the work of God, but it might have represented the handicraft of a God with a joyous sense of humor, a dancing God who loved mischief as much as prayer, and playfulness as much as mischief.

Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.

If it would not look too much like showing off, I would tell the reader where New Zealand is.

I'm not the comic of the generation, I'm not even the funniest guy in my family.

I don't put on a face. I'm the same guy every time you see me. I like to laugh, I like to smile, and I don't take myself too seriously. I can be a goofball. When I come home, the only thing that changes is that I take off the suit and put on tennis shorts and play with the kids.