Jimmy Buffett Quotes

I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.

If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

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

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.

Humor is a way to deal with stresses. It is a way to cope.

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

I'd go mad if I didn't have things to make me laugh.

Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.

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

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

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

I try to cope with everything through humor.

Humor is an antidote to all ills.

I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.

I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.

Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

I make jokes because humor is the greatest healing factor that there is.

Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying or getting overly angry or to maintain control.

There's nothing wrong with making people laugh. We all need to laugh. Sometimes I get all these laughs inside of me, and there's no place to let 'em out.

One has to develop a sense of humor to cope.

Sometimes I yell at my cancer cells, sometimes I make myself laugh.

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