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I've inherited a Jewish sensibility and sense of humor from my parents and all those who came before me. All the Jewish comedians, character…

— Philip Rosenthal

“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…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Humor enables us to deal with and overcome many of the most painful and difficult situations in our lives.

— Frederick Lenz

When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.

— Allen Klein

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

— Christopher Hitchens

The greatest Jewish tradition is to laugh. The cornerstone of Jewish survival has always been to find humor in life and in ourselves.

— Jerry Seinfeld

I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of tragedy is…

— Anonymous

Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit. So here we are several billion of us, crowded into…

— Ogden Nash

Feeling different, feeling alienated, feeling persecuted, feeling that the only way to deal with the world is to laugh - because if you don't…

— Mel Brooks

In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance:…

— Charlie Chaplin

I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.

— Will Cuppy

I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that…

— Fred Melamed