Expenses Quote by Ellen DeGeneres

People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who…

— Carl Reiner

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's…

— Anonymous

Humor is the oxygen of children's literature. There's a lot of competition for children's time, but even kids who hate to read want to…

— Sid Fleischman

If you watch most of the stuff on TV and in movies, it's usually put-down humor. It's like somebody being mean or cynical or…

— Paul Rust

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.

— Rachel Dratch

“Most people don't understand what humor is. They think it's something lighthearted and cheerful. Like 'good humor.' But it isn't. It's looking into the…

— B.G. Harlen

You get used to such micro-aggressions, those sneaky remarks. Especially in comedy: when the mood is meant to be light you can get accused…

— Rose Matafeo

Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who…

— Zach Anner

Anyway, once children get to talk, they seem to be finding ways to joke.

— Michael Rosen

Comedy, surprisingly for a form that intends to bring joy and joviality, is always upsetting people. Jokes rely on broad strokes, stereotypes, caricatures, exaggerations…

— Sara Pascoe

I always had to rely on humor and sarcasm. And when I started having kids, that doesn't work with kids. Kids don't understand sarcasm,…

— Kurt Fuller

To me, humor is part of a conversation with an audience.

— Scott Avett