Jon Stewart Quotes

Having a sense of humor about yourself is a sign of mental health.

If you don't have humor, you're not going to make it. You're going to be one of those people who walks around with your head about to explode.

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.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

There isn't a lot I can do on this planet, but I can be funny.

Life is not a tragedy, it is a comedy. To be alive means to have a sense of humor.

A sense of humor is the main measure of sanity.

I was never a hammy child. But I could make people laugh.

. . . Cultivating good humor may be helpful in finding our own identity. Young people who are trying to find out who they really are often have concerns as to their ability to meet and cope with the challenges that confront them and that lie ahead. They will find that it is easier to ride over the bumps and come quickly to their own identity if they cultivate the good humor that comes naturally. It is important that we all learn to laugh at ourselves.

He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.

I warn people, your 40s will require massive amounts of humor and humility.

You could say that my life's a mess. But, I'm still looking pretty in this dress.

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually have comic touches to the victim. Happiness probably consists largely in the capacity to detect and relish them. A man who can laugh, if only at himself, is never really miserable.

My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career.

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.

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

A sense of humor is needed armor.

He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.

The whole point of growing up is learning to stay on the laughing side.

I am never embarrassed by something that makes people laugh.

When you lose your sense of humor, get a job running an elevator, because your life will be a series of Ups and Downs anyway.

I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair.

As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.

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