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" Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times. "

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" I think I have always had a little humor. "

" If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything. "

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

" Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important. "

Ludwig Wittgenstein

" The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven. "

" 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

" You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they've got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything you'll ever see on TV. "

" If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. "

" What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation, and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy! "

Joseph Pulitzer

" Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun. "

" Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery. "

" The worst thing you can do is try to manipulate or control perceptions. It's impossible, and when you are found out the result is disastrous. Better to be transparent and play well with others so that when bad things happen you have a reservoir of good will to bank on. "

" I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way. "

" Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. "

Simon Wiesenthal

" Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor. "

Stephen Hawking

" There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. "

" I am often the brunt of my own humor. "

Charles R. Swindoll

" A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles. "

Mignon McLaughlin

" Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair. "

Wentworth Miller

" I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor. "

" Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times. "

" You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain. "

" 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.' "

" Companies have to be innovative in leading with values the same way they have to be innovative in their products and services. "

" Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin. "

" Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. "

" The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had. "

" If you're playing a good guy, you show some darkness. If you're playing a dark guy, you show something different, like humor, that will mix it up and hopefully surpass the audience's expectations. What I'm battling all the time is complacency in the audience. I try to bring a little mystery to what might happen because that engages people more. "