01UndatedYour attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.Allen Klein / quote ↗
02UndatedThere is always something to chuckle about. Sometimes we see it. Sometimes . . . we don't. Still the world is filled with humor. It is there when we are happy and it is there to cheer us up when we are not.Allen Klein / quote ↗
03UndatedIn every job relationship or life situation there is inevitably some turbulence. Learn to laugh at it. It is part of what you do and who you areAllen Klein / quote ↗
04UndatedWhen we can laugh through our tears we are being given a powerful message. Things may be bad but they cannot be all that bad.Allen Klein / quote ↗
05UndatedJoking about death-or anything else that oppresses us-makes it less frightening.Allen Klein / quote ↗
06UndatedYou may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.Allen Klein / quote ↗
08UndatedHumor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.Allen Klein / quote ↗
09UndatedHumor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.Allen Klein / quote ↗
11UndatedToday's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.Allen Klein / quote ↗
12UndatedLaughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.Allen Klein / quote ↗
14UndatedSometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.Allen Klein / quote ↗
16UndatedHumor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.Allen Klein / quote ↗
17UndatedWhen you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.Allen Klein / quote ↗
18UndatedWhen we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.Allen Klein / quote ↗
20UndatedAny attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.Allen Klein / quote ↗
21UndatedSince the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.Allen Klein / quote ↗
22UndatedIn looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets; you may not find something to laugh about immediately.Allen Klein / quote ↗
23UndatedWhen we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.Allen Klein / quote ↗
24UndatedHumor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.Allen Klein / quote ↗