Joseph Joubert Quotes

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

Being witty was the only side effect of being depressed that was working for me.

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Sometimes I can be tactful and sometimes not. It all depends on the mood I'm in.

There's a fine line between angry and grumpy. Angry isn't nice, but grumpy is funny.

If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.

I don't do it often, but I do cry. I also laugh a lot; people tell me I'm funny and I do like to laugh.

My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.

I think I write serious comedies. I would love to be able to write for pure pleasure, but the undertow is always loneliness.

There are games where I go a whole game without saying a word. There are games where I'm talking the whole game. It really depends on the mood and vibe that I'm in that day.

I'm not sassy all day every day. I have levels and feelings.

People often think that I am funny and crazy, but I think they have also come to love me for it.

I can be serious, but there's got to be a lighter side.

I think when a man shows his true emotions, it's a really good indicator off what he is.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.

True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.

Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.

It's okay to be sad. Everyone gets sad now and then. Even me.

Besides, I've been feeling a little blue — just a pale, elusive azure. It isn't serious enough for anything darker.

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.

Sam?" Rachel asked. "Do you know you have the saddest sad face ever?

I would rather be called funny than pretty.

I'm not really a happy person. It's a question of temperament. I have a tendency toward melancholy. You can feel quite happily melancholic.

Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings add to the growing evidence that good mood, intuition, creativity, gullibility, and increased reliance on System 1 form a cluster. At the other pole, sadness, vigilance, suspicion, an analytic approach, and increased effort also go together. A happy mood loosens the control of System 2 over performance: when in a good mood, people become more intuitive and more creative but also less vigilant and more prone to logical errors.