Merritt Patterson Quotes

I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.

The British are so funny.

Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting.

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.

I like whimsy and satire, and that's what Americans like so much about Brits. We bring subtlety and sense of humor that you sometimes lack. We have a very long history of importing Brits like Christopher Hitchens who are better at it than Americans are.

My family is pretty funny. My mother is British, so she's got a very dry sense of humor. That's where I got that from.

That's my family; we have a very British sense of humour, very dry.

Brits have a peculiar sense of humour. I love it.

The great British public is renowned throughout the world for its sense of humour.

We're like quirky Brits!

I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than America's and juicier than Britain's. I think it's a cross between the two of them, really.

If I had to describe my sense of humor, I would say it's contemporary wit, you know what I'm saying?

It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense of humour like me.

I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have no concept of what American sensibility is. I was born in Great Britain, but I was only there for six months, and we moved to Belgium, where I grew up.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

Sometimes I make myself laugh, but that's because I appreciate my sense of humor.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

One of the hallmarks that a British actor brings to his public persona is an adept sense of self-deprecation - see Daniel Craig and Damian Lewis.

In terms of what influenced me, I grew up on The Beatles, and I always was struck by their dry British sense of humor.

Earnestness makes British people gag.

I love dry British humor. I love to sketch in my off time. I love tequila.

J. makes me laugh. He's incredibly dry and has a pretty harsh sense of humor that I enjoy.

I just have a deadpan sense of humor, I guess.

I have a very dry sense of humor.

There's something whimsical, satirical, and silly about British humor, which Americans have always enjoyed, and lots of us come over here because we have an audience of people who enjoy it.