Finding Humor
Finding the whimsical, incongruous and unexpected. Being able to laugh at oneself. Laugh a little!
| If you can laugh at it, you can live with it.
Erma Bombeck
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| Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
Elsa Maxwell
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| Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Victor Borge
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| It is not enough to posses wit. One must have enough of it to avoid having too much.
Andre Maurois
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| The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed.
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort
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| I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than be a success at something I hate.
George Burns
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| The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
Mark Twain
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| People are at their most mindful when they are at play. If we find ways of enjoying our work - blurring the lines between work and play - the gains will be greater.
Ellen Langer
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| Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and some pure foolishness.
May Sarton
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| Fun is about as good a habit as there is.
Jimmy Buffet
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| Take time every day to do something silly.
Philipa Walker
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| You can increase your brain power three to fivefold simply by laughing and having fun before working on a problem.
Doug Hall
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| Don't take life too seriously, for you may pass a good laugh along the way!
Keith Gusich,
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| Laughter is the music of life.
Sir William Osler
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| Fun is going to enhance interest, because people don't feel incompetent when they're having fun.
Matthew S. Richter
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| You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.
Ethel Barrymore
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| Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.
Rita Mae Brown
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| He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.
The Koran
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| He who laughs, lasts.
Mary Pettibone Poole
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| At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
Jean Houston
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| Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Sir Francis Bacon
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| A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Charlie Chaplin
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| Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.
Abraham Lincoln
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| A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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| The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
Nicholas Murray Butler
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View Quotes:
- Persisting
- Managing Impulsivity
- Listening with Understanding and Empathy
- Thinking Flexibly
- Thinking About Thinking (Metacognition)
- Striving for Accuracy
- Questioning and Posing Problems
- Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
- Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision
- Gathering Data Through All Senses
- Creating, Imagining, Innovating
- Responding with Wonderment and Awe
- Finding Humor
- Taking Responsible Risks
- Thinking Interdependently
- Remaining Open to Continuous Learning
- About the Habits of Mind
- Modelling Habits of Mind
