Comedy Quotes · Page 159

Laugh and your life will be lengthened for this is the great secret of long life.

— Og Mandino

I'll go back to comedy clubs when they get a real no-camera policy, the same way they did with smoking.

— Chris Rock

I think Mitch Hedberg is one of the great comedians of the past 20 years.

— Mike Birbiglia

I always say, if you want to judge a person, see what he/she laughs at.

— Manini Mishra

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

— Anonymous

“Laugh whenever possible. It's the best solution to happiness.”

— Avery Stocking

A comedy club is a place where you work out material, you're trying material.

— Chris Rock

I have a couple of really hard, weird laughs every day.

— Ben Falcone

As soon as you start analyzing comedy is when the world starts to fall apart, and we're second guessing it. And we…

— Jeff Ross

I think the English are bipolar. 'We're the greatest, no we're terrible' - that's a constant English struggle. Crime is down, there's…

— Dara O Briain

If you decide to do comedy that involves risk, risk means risk, and you can't complain of flesh wounds if you sit…

— Sarah Silverman

I would love to work with Sir Anthony Hopkins. How and why that would happen in a comedy I'm not sure -…

— Eugene Levy

Nothing in life is fun for the whole family. There are no massage parlors with ice cream and free jewelry.

— Jerry Seinfeld

Comedians are on the road so much that when they're just getting to act and sit in one place, they're really grateful…

— Courtney A. Kemp

In my world, everything has the potential to be funny. Joyful things, painful things... It's all about how you view it and…

— Jinkx Monsoon

The best kinds of laughter: 1) Laughing so hard that your laugh becomes silent. 2) Feeling a 6 pack coming. 3) Tears in your eyes.

— Enhance Dreams

And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em or leave 'em - you can say…

— Will Rogers

I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that…

— Parminder Nagra

If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you've got a pretty good shot at making a…

— Dwayne Johnson

The ability to laugh at life is right at the top, with love and communication, in the hierarchy of our needs. Humour…

— Sara Davidson

Comedy is best when it's a reaction to something. When you're talking about a topic, and when your friend says something funny…

— Mark Critch

Comedy people are always present because they're always looking for the funniest version of whatever the line is. Sometimes theater people, where…

— Chris O'Dowd

It's something that people relate to - and I hope my kid doesn't relate to - but there's a level of believability…

— Jeremy Sisto

I've made my evolutionary purpose and had children. I don't care if anybody likes me, I'm going to do what I want…

— John Hodgman

Laughter or crying is what a human being does when there's nothing else he can do.

— Kurt Vonnegut

How I've fed my kids over the years is by doing stand-up comedy in clubs.

— Dominic Holland

When you're doing stand-up, you can comment if something fails, get a laugh from that.

— Rob Brydon

“there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.”

— Charles Dickens

'Harvey' continues to be both a charming and hilarious play.

— Judge Reinhold

I had an idea of what I thought was funny. It's kind of based on how I am.

— Jennifer Aniston

The Sneeze' is comedy - it's five short plays and it was Chekhov showing his comedic streak.

— Amanda Redman

I want to help people, give hope to all. Humor is the foundation of our lives.

— Terry Bradshaw

It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'

— Alexandra Petri

The vices we scoff at in others laugh at us within ourselves.

— Thomas Browne

I was thinking making you laugh was my responsibility.But actually you were taking it granted.

— Anonymous

I just find little things in life funny, it's why I giggle during my shows.

— Michael McIntyre

I never want to compromise my act just to get a laugh.

— Joe Rogan

'Taskmaster' taps into a universal humour of people making a fool of themselves.

— Greg Davies

Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.

— Drew Carey

Implying women are too weak to take a joke is *implicitlty* sexist, and ridiculous.

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery