Robert Orben Quotes

I can't imagine not joking even at the worst of times. And for me, it's sort of automatic.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.

Humor is not a sign of weakness. In fact, humor can be your greatest asset in the face of tragedy.

My sense of humor has saved me more than a couple of times in my life.

Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems.

Nowadays, you cannot be a very Effective political figure without Having a demonstrable sense of humor. People take to it.

The most effective leaders of companies in transition are the quiet, unassuming people whose inner wiring is such that the worst circumstances bring out their best. They're unflappable, they're ready to die if they have to. But you can trust that, when bad things are happening, they will become clearheaded and focused.

Humor is the only thing that allows you to survive every pressure and crisis.

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

Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, others, knew how to lead. They knew how to ask the American people for the right things.

If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

Because of the movies I make, people get nervous. They think of me as difficult and angry. I am difficult and angry, but they don't expect a sense of humor. And the only thing that gets me through is a sense of humor.

If things get too much for you and you feel the whole world's against you, go stand on your head. If you can think of anything crazier to do, do it.

Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office lockdown—like a beach ball on water. The next time a problem arises in your life, take a deep breath, let out a sigh, and replace the thought Oh no! with the thought Okay.

I feel like the only thing that I can do, and I've been fired from enough jobs, that I'm pretty confident in saying this, the only thing that I can do, even a little bit better than most people, is create that sort of that context with humor. And that's my way of not being helpless and not being hopeless.

Laughter is the only strategy that has ever worked at all for me when my world is falling apart.

Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all.

It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity.

My experience is to deal with things through humor.

Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother

I'm not a panic guy. I don't do that. Can't. When you're a leader, you can never panic, no matter what's happening. The building could be falling down. Fire could be going all places. Somebody has to make a decision on how to get out.

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.

It's entirely to do with personality, I think. There are good directors who talk a lot, bad directors who talk a lot, and good directors who don't say much and vice-versa. It just depends on whether people respond to that personality and whether people have a willingness to do something for them.

Comedy is a necessity to get through life with the fewest scars. Humor is the best antidote to help relieve all struggles.

For leaders to be effective, they need to connect with people.