Awful Quote by James Thurber

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

— Bryant H. McGill

There used to be such a thing as a sick joke, or laughing at misfortune, because comedy and laughter are a way of coping.…

— Limmy

To be intuitive, we must cultivate our sense of humor and look for reasons to laugh everywhere. We become so self-absorbed and serious when…

— Sonia Choquette

Laughter is one of the great beacons in life because we don't refract it by gunning it through our intellectual prism. What makes us…

— Dennis Miller

People find the humor in life all the time. And you have to in order to make it through real life. Like, some things…

— Jason Mitchell

There is always something to chuckle about. Sometimes we see it. Sometimes … we don't. Still, the world is filled with humor. It is…

— Allen Klein

Comedy exists to laugh at things that aren't laughable. But isn't it? That's what separates us from the animals. We laugh.

— Joan Rivers

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else, but when it happens to you, why it seems to lose some…

— Will Rogers

Even in the face of tragedy, human beings need to find a way to laugh. It's normal. It's life.

— Jordan Gavaris

As comedians, we are all laughing because life is so horrible. Life is so difficult, and I cope with it by making jokes about…

— Joan Rivers

People are funny, and in the most tragic situations, when comedy erupts from nowhere, it can turn on its head within the space of…

— Sally Hawkins

I think the saddest moments in life have humor in them. I have a memory of coming home from a funeral with my family…

— Zach Braff