Olivia Colman Quotes

I make terrible jokes every time I go into a hospital. I think it's a defence mechanism.

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.

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.

There is certainly no defence or water -proof garment against adverse fortune which is, on the whole, so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

Laugh at your worries and insecurities. View your anxieties with humor. It will be difficult at first, but you'll gradually get used to it.

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

I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

I think if you laugh at your troubles and tell the whole world what went wrong, you can't be frightened by anything.

Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I'm being funny, but I'm reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we're going down the tube.

I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism.

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane, If we weren't all crazy we would go insane.

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

I try to cope with everything through humor.

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.

I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

If you can laugh, you can get through it. In our house, we laugh a lot.

As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark.

I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.