Humour Quotes

At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour.

Thom Yorke

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Comedy is one of the toughest genres. It is so essential to get the timing right, failing which the humour can fall flat.

Jacqueline Fernandez

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There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.

Adrian Edmondson

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While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour.

Yahoo Serious

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Rod has such a wicked sense of humour. I loved him very much.

Rachel Hunter

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My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.

Maggie Smith

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That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.

Gary Shteyngart

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All I've ever tried to do is get the best out of people and to bring a bit of humour into it. Unlike, say, 'The X-Factor,' which may be great TV, but has no humour at all.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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According as the man is, so must you humour him.

Jean Racine

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The Australian fans are really friendly and personable; the sense of humour is a lot less dry than the English.

Tom Hopper

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There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.

Rufus Wainwright

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I definitely try to mix humour into anything I do, even if it is into a drama.

Jorge Garcia

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Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.

Chevy Chase

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There's so much light in Broughty Ferry. I think the humour in Glasgow is darker, because it's much more gloomy, there's a perpetual misery there.

Brian Cox

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I have a good sense of humour, and that's what kept me for the 30 years I was locked up.

Anthony Ray Hinton

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I feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude.

Shawn Mendes

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I refuse not to have a sense of humour.

Ken Livingstone

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Seeing the funny side of life is useful, and I've always had a sense of humour.

Henry Allingham

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I tend to work on the principle that much humour relies on cognitive dissonance - on the foreground not matching the background, on the protagonist's response to a situation being inappropriate, and so on.

Charles Stross

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Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.

Sarah Silverman

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I wish actors got more credit for humour.

Jacqueline Fernandez

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It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

Dario Fo

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I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.

Viggo Mortensen

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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.

Rachel Kushner

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