Comedy Quotes · Page 158

When you do a comedy, the goals are much clearer to me.

— Luke Wilson

“Spreading laughter is healthy and more fun than sex. Well... unless you do them at the same time.”

— Michael Clutton

At least it's really entertaining when I embarrass myself.

— Lucas Till

Good late-night humor can work at any time of the day.

— Rich Eisen

If you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian.

— Rodney Dangerfield

The edge of inappropriate is the spiritual home of the best stand-up comedy.

— Frank Skinner

My most annoying habit is laughing all the time. I can't stop giggling. I do it because I'm nervous.

— Kelly Brook

It's always comedy first on 'Will and Grace.' There was never any other agenda.

— Sean Hayes

“The man persisted. "No, no, no. It was so funny. What software did you use?" - apparently in the belief that the…

— David A. Price

All great humorists are sad... I cannot help seeing beyond the tinsel of humour, and recognising the pitiful basis of jest -…

— H. P. Lovecraft

I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in…

— Nasim Pedrad

It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of…

— Whit Stillman

I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different but has…

— Mitch Hedberg

Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.

— Anthony Bourdain

Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that.

— Bill Hicks

Comedy is getting more diverse - you can do anything on a stage now. It doesn't have to be just one man…

— Alex Horne

The worst years of my life were the first two years I was doing standup. You're learning how to do, and you're…

— Bill Maher

It’s been a very old thing for people to gather together and laugh at stuff. The first comedian in America really was…

— Louis C. K

They are two very different people. It's almost a modern-day 'Odd Couple,' if I had to characterize it, with the two of…

— Dawn Ostroff

It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!'…

— Rachael Harris

I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise but yes, I've…

— Jo Brand

Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug,…

— Og Mandino

The stuff I did in 'Rescue Me' was great. It gave me the opportunity to play comedy, and Denis Leary was the…

— Kevin Chapman

When I do an action thing, it speaks louder than the things that I've done that are dramatic and comedy. Actually, if…

— Michael Jai White

The only thing I know how to do is be funny - that's it.

— Leslie Jordan

Is this a generation of orphans who are going to the improv to do stand-up?

— Mindy Kaling

Because I work in comedy, I can't kick back and watch sitcoms as a form of leisure anymore.

— Esther Povitsky

There are many differences between Netflix and Comedy Central.

— Tim Robinson

who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone who tries.

— Lauren DeStefano

I decided that it was more important to laugh than to eat.

— Seth Grahame-Smith

“No one has ever honestly said, “I hate that this joke exists, even though it’s clearly hilarious.” It”

— Chuck Klosterman

I don't see myself as part of an acting fraternity or a comedy fraternity.

— Ricky Gervais

I never lack material for my humor column when Congress is in session.

— Will Rogers

It's funny how we sometimes laugh at others mistakes...and always cry at our own.

— Ritu

“I didn't wait for Luck. I raced after it with a truck.”

— A.A. Bell

For all of those depress people find a bunny and sing, and dance with it.

— Logan Fitzgerald

Laughing in the cultural industry is mockery of happiness.

— Anonymous

I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.

— Dave Chappelle

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.

— Spike Milligan

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

— Horace