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" Nothing like a little judicious levity. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Little
Levity
Humor
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" People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail. "
Bob Newhart
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" Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bread
Alone
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" Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Life
Succeed
Our
" Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. "
E. B. White
Frog
Like
Interested
" Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant. "
Washington Irving
Wine
Good
Humor
" In the household in which I was raised, the themes were pretty simple. 'Work hard. Don't quit. Be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful. Also, never whine, never complain. And always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.' "
Michael Keaton
Humor
Simple
Thankful
" Everyone lives by selling something. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lives
Something
Selling
" He who sows hurry reaps indigestion. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hurry
Indigestion
Who
" I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side. "
Hunter S. Thompson
Luck
Dark
Sense Of Humor
" The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. "
e. e. cummings
Humor
Most
Days
" The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pay
Money
Liberty
" Wine is bottled poetry. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bottled
Food
Wine
" When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real. "
Tina Fey
People
Feel
Come
" When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that. "
Ted Danson
People
Sense Of Humor
Admire
" I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things. "
Steven Wright
Everyday
Talking
Jokes
" I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I have a reputation of - people think of me as a very fundamentalist, humorless fellow. "
Ian MacKaye
Me
Thought
Humor
" Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Battle
Like
Marriage
" The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons. "
David Sedaris
Last
Next
Humor
" All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Until
Language
Dead
" The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Number
Happy
World
" My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. "
Maya Angelou
Humor
Inspirational
Life
" No man is useless while he has a friend. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Man
Useless
Friend
" I hang out with the 'nerdy' people - they have a different sense of humor than most kids. "
Liam Aiken
People
Sense Of Humor
Different
" Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Be Thankful
Thankful
Life
" I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Never
Scenery
Kind
" When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Man
Toys
Tell
" Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Relationship
Love
Good
" To forget oneself is to be happy. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Forget
Be Happy
Happy
" Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud. "
Jesse Ventura
Humor
Head
You
" Nothing made by brute force lasts. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Brute
Nothing
Force