Elif Batuman Quotes

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.

I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.

I've got a great sense of humor.

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

I think everybody would admit that we've got a sense of humor.

I actually have a pretty good sense of humor.

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

Some people don't have a sense of humor about certain things, and other people do.

I'm a sucker for a good sense of humor.

I think I'm the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

True wit never made us laugh.

Between funny and witty Falls the shadow

Ingmar Bergman had a great sense of humor, and he had a very special, characteristic laugh that you always recognized - if he went to watch a theater show, 'Ah! He is here tonight.'

I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.

I have a very dark sense of humor.

I have a really dark, rich, thick sense of humor.

I think you have to have a sense of humor about every movie that you're doing. Your character needs to be relatable in a way that, even when you're doing the most bizarre things, sometimes a bit of tongue in cheek is necessary to keep up the believability of it.

My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone.

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.

I can't live without a sense of humor. I need to be laughing and entertained at all times.

Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be accepted as a compliment.

I do love jokes.

But as far as being popular, yeah, I think Dave Barry is really funny.