When in doubt, go for the dick joke.
Interpretation
Using humor, especially through light-hearted jokes, can alleviate tension and uncertainty.
Robin Williams suggests that in moments of uncertainty or doubt, resorting to humor, particularly via crude or playful jokes, can lighten the mood and relieve the pressure. This reflects the idea that laughter has the power to connect people and ease awkward situations.
In practice
During a tense presentation, I remembered Robin Williams' quote and decided to lighten the mood with a joke.
It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.' Because you have that initial warm feeling going, 'Oh, I remember this'. And your body does, too. And your body goes, 'Yeah, so do I'. Then the demon voice comes, 'Yeah, so do I. You know what would be great? You know we bought a little bottle before? A full bottle would be wonderful'.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
If you have no tragedy, you have no comedy. Crying and laughing are the same emotion. If you laugh too hard, you cry. And vice versa.
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.
A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time.
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