Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.

I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.

Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.

Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery.

I think humor is such a personal thing, and you put a microphone in somebody's face, they're going to say something that offends somebody.

The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.

I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.