James Thurber Quotes

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine.

There is always something to chuckle about. Sometimes we see it. Sometimes … we don't. Still, the world is filled with humor. It is there when we are happy and it is there to cheer us up when we are not.

Always keep a smile. I attribute my long life to that. I believe I will die laughing. That's part of my program.

Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.

A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.

Life deserves laughter, hence people laugh at it.

I can't say this too often - that a little humor can make life worth living. That has always been my credo. Somebody once asked me, 'What would you like your epitaph to be?' I've always said that I'd like it to be: He left people a little happier than they were when he came into the room.

I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.

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

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

I am an optimist. I think, as bad as life sometimes gets, there is so much joy and so much good stuff, that there is a balance.

I'm enjoying my years, I'm enjoying my life, I'm enjoying my family. I'm just happy - a happy person.

I am extremely content in my life - sometimes to the point where I really should find something to moan about!

If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then every day's going to be okay.

Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.

Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor?

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I'm basically a really happy person. My life is nuts, but it feels complete.

My life has run from misery to happiness.

I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.