Amanda Palmer Quotes

I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of tragedy is kind of demented.

Even in your darkest moments, you'll think of something that'll crack you up.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them.

I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm laughing.

I can't imagine not joking even at the worst of times. And for me, it's sort of automatic.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it.

You write the way you think about the world. My motto in times of trouble - and I'm speaking of life, not writing - is 'no humor too black.'

If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.

Humor is not a sign of weakness. In fact, humor can be your greatest asset in the face of tragedy.

You've got to laugh at life, you can't take it all too seriously.

I find myself laughing at really bad situations.

In real life, bad things happen and they're not funny, and then bad things happen and they can be funny. When you're unhappy you don't go an entire time without laughing. You don't go your whole life without laughing. It's just life.

If we live inside a bad joke, it is up to us to learn, at best and worst, to tell it well.

I have never been able to see life as anything but a vast complicated practical joke, and it's better to laugh than cry.

God is always joking. Look at your own life - it is a joke! Look at other people's lives, and you will find jokes and jokes and jokes. Seriousness is illness; seriousness has nothing spiritual about it. Spirituality is laughter, spirituality is joy, spirituality is fun.

I can see the humor in just about any situation. After I lost my dad, I realized that none of us should take things too seriously, because everything except death works itself out.

The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour.

There's great value in being able to step back and laugh at yourself, at life, and at attitudes. Laughter helps you put everything into perspective.

You make a joke out of everything. Life’s too painful not to.

I'm not giving up on life. I'm giving up on today.

You know what the doctor said to me to cheer me up?" Fat said. "There are worse diseases than cancer." "Did he show you slides?" We both laughed. When you are nearly crazy with grief, you laugh at what you can.

Comedy is a camouflage for depression.

Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.