Sophia Loren Quotes

I've always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there's a little bit of truth to it.

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself.

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.

I'm ridiculous, I'm ludicrous.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.

'The Ugly Truth' isn't trying to change the world with strong political opinions; it's just trying to entertain you with thoughts and ideas from my crazy mind!

I've been told I looked like I swallowed an elephant or a pig, whichever was more fitting that day.

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.

It's hard to make a joke out of someone that's a joke.

I don't take myself or the species too seriously. You have to laugh at everything.

Rob and I both have this strange sense of comedy which always involves us being the butt of our own jokes.

Most humor comes from truth. In the end, if I can laugh about it, who cares?

I have no sex appeal and it has screwed me up for life; my gynecologist examines me by telephone.

How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.

Eddie Murphy said once in an interview that nothing is offensive if it's funny. I sort of agree with that, but if something's funny and you're the subject of it, sometimes it's more offensive. If someone's insulting you, you want them to sound like an idiot.

If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.

Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.

I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of hypocrisy or a sense of the things one has to be skeptical about.