"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs"
- Christopher Morley
About this Quote
Humor is a way of looking at the world with an intellectual point of view. It is an understanding that some things are more crucial than others, which these two types of things are typically mixed up in everyday life. Humor permits us to take a step back and acknowledge the absurdity of certain scenarios, and to laugh at them rather of taking them too seriously. It is a way of taking a look at the world with a sense of detachment, and of being able to discover the humor in even the most ordinary of scenarios. Humor is a method of seeing the world with a sense of point of view, and of having the ability to recognize the importance of some things, while also being able to make fun of the absurdity of others.
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