Humor as a Coping Mechanism Quotes

Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order to be understood.

The more serious the situation, the funnier the comedy can be. The greatest comedy plays against the greatest tragedy. Comedy is a red rubber ball and if you throw it against a soft, funny wall, it will not come back. But if you throw it against the hard wall of ultimate reality, it will bounce back and be very lively. Very, very few people understand this.

Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation.

As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.

I think people don't understand that comedy is an outlet for me. Comedy allows me to get outside of myself, and exercise this thing that is still kind of scary to me.

The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh.

For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing. How the comedy ever even started in my life was that moments got uncomfortable and I felt uncertain of what the outcome was going to be, so I found a way to deflect what I was feeling, or what everyone else was feeling, by creating laughter.

Life is very tough. If you don't laugh, it's tough.

All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.

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

I've had a very laughable career and what has seen me through is my sense of humor.

Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I'm being funny, but I'm reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we're going down the tube.

There are many ways to deal with annoying coworkers, but obviously the most effective way is to picture them as rappers. Picturing your coworkers as rappers makes you laugh and provides a helpful nickname that can be used when talking about them behind their backs.

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.

When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.

I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.

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

I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

I hesitate to say I was the class clown, but that was kind of how I interacted with other kids in school, and I very much appreciated the responses I got. The validation of laughter is often a very heavy psychological balm.

I think there's almost nothing that I won't, sadly, do for a laugh. It's a problem, actually.

I live to laugh, and I laugh to live.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

Good comedy helps people know they're not alone. Great comedy provides an answer.