Dangerous Quote by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Download Open image “... a nation without humor is not only sad but dangerous.” — Abby Aldrich Rockefeller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dangerous Humor Nations
“A nation forgetting its own laughter is in a sad state of affairs” — Sherry Marie Gallagher Copy Share Image
Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
Humor, in one form or another, is characteristic of every nation; and reflecting the salient points of social and national life, it illuminates those… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor. — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
Every American, to the last man, lays claim to a "sense" of humor and guards it as his most significant spiritual trait, yet rejects… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“Life is too hard to maintain a constantly serious outlook. You have to laugh at yourself and the world now and then―see humor in undesirable circumstances, even harsh situations―or you will either rot from the inside or go stark-raving mad. Humor is power against the worst oppression. It lightens heavy burdens; it allows one to smile while in agony; it… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather serious when I suggest that someone should plant a… — Ron Dentinger Copy Share Image
Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit. So here we are several billion of us, crowded into our global concentration camp for the duration. How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is. I think our best chance lies in humor, which in this… — Ogden Nash Copy Share
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
What I would like you always to do is what I try humbly to do myself, that is, never to say or to do… — Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Copy Share Image
[On art:] I believe that it not only enriches the spiritual life, but that it makes one more sane and sympathetic, more observant and… — Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
In my youth-team days, I was always a left-winger who would stay close to the byline and put crosses in the box, so I… — Arjen Robben Copy Share Image
The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world) — Alexander von Humboldt Copy Share
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The more people that learn about you, even if you're an underdog, then you can come under fire a lot and the more attention… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image