Ken Kesey Quotes

Life's too short not to laugh about yourself and the cards you're dealt.

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

One thing my family has shown me is that having a sense of humor is everything.

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

The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.

When things are difficult, awful, stressful, the thing that always gets you through is a sense of humour. I don't mean - well, maybe I do - laugh at the hangman as he puts the noose around your neck. But an eye, an ear, for the ridiculous, the absurd in life, can get you through a lot.

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.'

Hope for the best, survive the worst, find humor wherever you can.

I can pretty much take anything that comes at me.

Having a sense of humor is a part of being courageous. It's a source of strength.

You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.

You have to laugh, you have to be able to take criticism.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.

I think if you laugh at your troubles and tell the whole world what went wrong, you can't be frightened by anything.

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

If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.

I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.

It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life.

Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.

Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.

Even in the depths of dreadful situations, there's usually something rather comic, or something you can laugh about afterwards, at least. So, I do look for the comedy in those things.

Let the other guys do the crybaby stuff. Go for the laughs.

In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.

I always think any circumstances can be funny. Not that I'm irresponsible, but when things go wrong, I always come up with a joke or think of something funny to say.