Black Quote by Christina Stead

Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration.

— Steve Toltz

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.

— Steve Toltz

I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day- to- day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly…

— Alain de Botton

The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't; whichever seems likelier to win an effect.

— John Updike

“Humor as a system of communications and as a probe of our environment—of what's really going on—affords us our most appealing anti-environmental tool. It…

— Marshall McLuhan

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist"…

— Dave Barry

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually…

— Allen Klein

Humor is not the opposite of seriousness. Humor is the opposite of despair.

— Conrad Hyers

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

— Don Herold

First, I was an idealist (that was early - fools are born, not made, you know); next I was a realist; now I am…

— Ellen Glasgow

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in…

— Bob Newhart

People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost maniacal sense…

— J. G. Ballard