If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A lot about Congress is about forming good working relationships with people, and humor can really help you do that.
I don't think I was funny until college. I lived with some Harvard MD/PhD students - they were so smart, and what I contributed to the house was, I was the funny one.
Maybe I'm like acts of Congress or your favorite Chinese restaurant - you don't really want to know what's going on behind the door. I'm a real study in contrast, I expect, looking from without. But it adds up to what you get on stage.
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.
I watch mostly documentaries and things that aren't remotely funny.
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
In high school, I was voted 'Most Humorous' in my senior class.
As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.