Calmer Quote by Robert Orben

Humor gives presidents the chance to be seen as warm, relaxed persons. Humor reaches out and puts its arm around the listener and says,…

— Robert Orben

I don't think Reagan is primarily funny, and I don't think he's primarily marvelous; he's complicated.

— Eugene Jarecki

The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him.

— Karen Hughes

He used humor more effectively than any president since Abraham Lincoln. Reagan was not an especially warm person, but he appeared to be. Many…

— H. W. Brands

He [Reagan] likes to tell jokes and that's why he told the ethnic joke that got him into some trouble. Perhaps if reporters didn't…

— Robert Scheer

. . .a sense of humor can be a great help-particularly a sense of humor about (oneself). William Howard Taft joked about his own…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasn't comedy I don't know if Obama could have ever…

— Marlon Wayans

I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Lessons for Leaders Humor is one of the most effective leadership tools. The ability to use humor skillfully has served American presidents with political…

— Dennis N. T. Perkins

I'm glad Reagan is president. Of course, I'm a professional comedian.

— Will Durst

Humor is essential to a full and happy life. It is a reliever and relaxer of pressure and tension, and the saving element in…

— Richard L. Evans

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