Humor Quote by Sid Fleischman Download Open image ““Joy was not the raw material of humor . . . The dark source was sorrow.”” — Sid Fleischman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Humor Joy Raw material
“Her smile, though, no, it was her laugh, a dusky, deep cascading laughter that caught the joy, implied and mocked the sorrow in every… — Lucia Berlin Copy Share Image
“Joy, not sorrow. Laughter, not tears. Life, not death. Love, not blame.” — Lisa Schroeder Copy Share Image
“Think about it. The selfsame well from which your laughter now rises was once filled with your tears. How else can it be? The… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“The selfsame well from which your laughter now rises was once filled with your tears... The deeper sorrow carves into your being, the more… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Just because she was joking around didn’t mean she wasn’t sad. She knew the serious times weren’t gone, not by any stretch, but it… — Cecilia Randell Copy Share Image
“Joy is not the absence of darkness. Joy is confidence that the darkness will lift.” — Rebekah Lyons Copy Share Image
The books we enjoy as children stay with us forever -- they have a special impact. Paragraph after paragraph and page after page, the… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
I remember as a child of eight being told by a young friend that I had killed Christ. That was news to me. It's… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
“I am Prince Horace!" "And I'm the Grand Turnip of China!" cutwater snickered. "Dim-witted villains!" shouted the Prince. "I command you to turn us… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
“Glancing back over his shoulder seemed to be habit, for Touch had noticed him do it before, as if the man thought someone might… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
“Jemmy dipped the quill in beet juice and continued scribbling. "I'll tell him you've got reserved seats in Hell." "Aye! That's the ticket!” — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
“What was he looking for, a prince in fine velvets and a crown cocked on his head? Was it clothes that made a prince,… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
“Sir!" he called out. "The Great Chaffalo! My name's Touch, and I brought a bundle of straw. I'd be much obliged if you'd turn… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
Give weather reports. It helps the reality of a scene if foghorns are blowing or kites are in the sky on a windy afternoon… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Words were a conjuration, and their charms had begun to bewitch him.” — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
“He peered through a broken window and saw a face. The face of The Great Chaffalo. “You saved me, for certain,” declared Touch, his… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
In my opinion, sexiness comes down to three things: chemistry, sense of humor, and treatment of waitstaff at restaurants. — Rhoda Janzen Copy Share Image
“...I haven't guessed where your shirt is from yet Bane, but I don't think it'll matter once it's underwater!' Tristan looked at Bane questioningly.… — S.K. Munt Copy Share Image
“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.” — Markus Herz Copy Share Image
“Not wise, perhaps, to be rude to the Pope's favorite son, but my viper tongue still required a fool now and then on which… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
If you were to send a werewolf to the moon, would he be a werewolf permanently? — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
“ “Do Southerners laugh at different things than Northerners do? Yes, I say--Northerners.” Roy Blount, Jr., Roy Blount’s Book of Southern Humor” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
