Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes

Whatever it is probably won't go away, so we might as well live and laugh through it. When we double over laughing, we're bending so we won't break. If you think your particular troubles are too heavy and too traumatic to laugh about, remember that laughing is like changing a baby's diaper. It doesn't solve any problems permanently, but it makes things more acceptable for awhile.

A sense of humor is needed armor.

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

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

If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother

We have to laugh at how hard life can be and how screwed up we can be at times... It's a really freeing process when you're not hitting the jokes too hard.

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

One has to develop a sense of humor to cope.

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.

A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.

What was your secret?" That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance

If you haven't got a sense of humor you're making your life a hundred times harder. It doesn't matter what happens to you, if you can have a laugh about it, and don't take yourself so serious, you have the battles halfway won.

My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career.

Laughter is the only thing that'll cut trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.

I have been confronted with many difficulties throughout the course of my life, and my country is going through a critical period. But I laugh often, and my laughter is contagious. When people ask me how I find the strength to laugh now, I reply that I am a professional laugher.

We've got to laugh or break our hearts in this damnable world.

I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair.

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

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

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.

There are these important things in some people's lives that can make you laugh even when you're going through a tough time or a stressful week.

Humor - I see it as a survival skill.

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

I try to cope with everything through humor.