Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

I think the word "intelligent" dictates a lot about someone's sense of humor, and the terms of reference in your life, the way you interpret something you read or a painting you look at or something.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

Everything is not serious. If you don't like what I'm saying, change the channel - don't look at me, don't buy a ticket. You either get it or you don't, and it's fascinating because it's usually intelligent people with a sense of humor who get it.

You can't deny the truth. And that's what makes smart comedy so good.

When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding. -Aunt Jimsie

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

Everything is ironic to me. There are moments I find hysterical, but I'm probably the only one who would find that, except for a few people.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

I don't think that there's necessarily a side to drama that has to be completely bleak. You have to have a flicker of humor 'cause everyone has a flicker of humor, something they find funny in life.

My comedy isn't about being attractive - it's about how the bar of dumb seems so low right now, and I desperately want to raise the bar of dumb just a tiny bit.

I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I thrive on the absurd - I love it.

The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune.

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.

People find the humor in life all the time. And you have to in order to make it through real life. Like, some things are tragic, but you have to laugh.

Comedy is the difference between how you see a person and how they see themselves.

You have to have a sense of humor about all of it - the Emmys and politics and everything.

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

Humor is the only way to tell a story. Especially the dark ones.

Using humor as a wedge into different kinds of stories is my go-to. I think anything I do would have some sort of streak of humor in it.

I realized, dumb people don't know they're dumb. When people try to make me laugh and they try to be funny, that's when they lose me. I find a lot of comedy in honesty.

You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.

In comedy, I hate that cop-out where you say, "Just kidding." I know you're just kidding. Don't insult my intelligence by spelling it out for me that much.

Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth.

I had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance.