Jim Henson Quotes

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

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

You have to laugh at yourself, because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't.

Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.

I honestly believe life is a combination of laughter and tears, and it's almost always better to laugh than to cry.

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.

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.

I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.

You've got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity.

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

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

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

We need to learn to laugh at ourselves because when you don't laugh, you cry. And I don't feel like crying.

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.

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.

Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.

If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that's pretty good.

Everybody needs to take a little distance from things.

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.

If you laugh at it, you can deal with it.

When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all.

It's important to learn to laugh at ourselves. Don't take life too seriously.

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