humor on Personality

“People say, “You must have been the class clown.” And I say, “No, I wasn’t. But I sat next to the class clown, and I studied him.”

Peter Ustinov, the British actor, director, and playwright, once received an indignant letter from the headmaster of his son’s school. The letter complained that his son frequently disrupted lessons b...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go

The powers of a man's mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Marriage is tough because you have to deal with feelings and lawyers.

Nothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done, and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else.

I married my wife for her looks, but not the kind she’s giving me lately.

My wife was grading a science test at home that she had given to her elementary-school class and was reading some of the results to me. The subject was “The Human Body,” and the first question was: “N...

You have as much laughter as you have faith.

Humor points to faith in that both humor and faith spring up in response to the reality of the paradox and the incongruities at the heart of human experience. But while humor responds well to the lowe...

Why would a lazy guy become a parent of five? Then again, why would creative people who inherently don't like change and criticism become writers, actors, or comedians? There's something about...

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

I talked to the Holy Spirit last night and he didn’t look all well. He was pale as a ghost.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

Scott Weems, author of Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why, explains that humor stems from our brains being confused about how to respond, which is why we often laugh at inappropriate times. “Wha...

"Love! The walks over soft grass, the smiles over candlelight, the arguments over everything else."

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

One day, the famous surrealist painter Salvador Dalí walked into a New York bookstore and asked for a copy of his own autobiography, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí . The young clerk immediately...

Caesar Augustus, the first Roman emperor, had quite the sharp wit. After hearing about a Roman nobleman who had passed away with enormous debts (which were kept private throughout his lifetime), he se...

Sometimes moments of forgiveness and friendship come from unexpected places. In 2018, the comedian Pete Davidson appeared on the “Weekend Update” segment of Saturday Night Live (SNL). Davidson made a ...

Humor is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

As we wait, it is critical that we keep our sense of humor in the fullest meaning of that word. When laughter goes, so does hope. When God reaffirms his promise to Abraham and Sarah, he restores not o...

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.

“A man was about to jump off a bridge when a police officer caught him, right in the nick of time. The man was angry…’don’t you know I have nothing to live for’. Why would you stop me from taking my o...

A family from a remote area was making their first visit to a big city. They checked in to a grand hotel and stood in amazement at the impressive sight. Leaving the reception desk they came to the ele...

Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much.

As a committed Southern Baptist, president Jimmy Carter was often questioned by reporters on a variety of moral issues. One day, a reporter asked, “How would you feel if you were told that your daught...