Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are laughing.
Robin WilliamsI did an event in Washington, and it was like we lifted a sea.Immediately after [9/11], there was a stunned shock - kind of this feeling of "What do we do now?" I started performing, and there was a catharsis in the laughing. People started to be able to laugh again. Laughter can be many things - sometimes a medicine, sometimes a weapon, depending on.
Robin Williams