Diane English Quotes

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

I try to cope with everything through humor.

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.

If I didn't have a sense of humor, how could I stand this trial now?

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.

I've used my sense of humor as a coping tool. It's gotten me through a lot of challenging times.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers.

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

Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.

Without a sense of humor, I would have been gone a long time ago.

I tend to deal with most issues with humor... always have and always will.

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

I think having a sense of humor is just as important a coping mechanism as it is a gift for everyday life.

Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all.

A sense of humor is needed armor.

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

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

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by.

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane, If we weren't all crazy we would go insane.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

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

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.