Steven Moffat Quotes

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

I can be quite serious sometimes so laughing is key.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.

I like to see people laugh who are normally serious.

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny.

When people are taking something extremely seriously, that's the time to take out the pig's bladder.

I don't want to take myself too seriously, thinking that I'm always having to be this cathartic, intense and deep person, because I certainly enjoy silliness.

There's more than enough seriousness in the world.

I can be serious, but there's got to be a lighter side.

You definitely have to have a sense of humor. It's not always serious when it comes to basketball.

I'm a very serious guy. I try to counter that predisposition of being a serious person with all this tomfoolery that I love to do so much. I really enjoy it; that's why I do it. I don't like the way I am... perhaps my natural default is to be that way, and I don't like that.

Any band that doesn't have a sense of humor has a little bit of a problem.

It can't be all serious at all times.

Humor is not a trick, not jokes. Humor is a presence in the world - like grace - and shines on everybody.

I hope I can now use my ability to communicate, without being too precious or serious. It's good to have some levity, even as you're facing some really dark times, to mix it up a bit.

I am serious about not being serious.

You have to have humor. If you don't have humor and you take yourself seriously, you're dead in the water. You have to be jostled. I love it. You've gotta have a laugh. It's better than working for a living.

The world is a very serious and, at times, very sad place - but at other times it is all such a joke.

We take life too seriously: the office of wit is to correct this tendency.

Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.

I'm not one of those people who are, like, always joking in person.

Humor and laughter - not necessarily derogatory derision - are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously - for fear of dying of boredom.