Some people are commended for a giddy kind of good-humor, which is as much a virtue as drunkenness. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Comedy lives on in the web and TV, but nobody's pressing comedy albums anymore. — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
A lot of people say that comedy doesnt travel well. I found it very accessible. — Mark Addy Copy Share Image
Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
Jenni Fagan is the real thing, and The Panopticon is a real treat: maturely alive to the pains of maturing, and cleverly… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
I have to do stand-up. I have to do something comedy-involved every day or else I will lose my mind. I already… — Pete Davidson Copy Share Image
I think that's what comedians do: We're funny in the moment. We're just so self-reflective and narcissistic. — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn't have any insight into anything - even my… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
From Mahmud Ghazni to Ahmed Shah Abdali, Punjab was hit by marauders so many times that we have learnt to laugh even… — Gurpreet Ghuggi Copy Share Image
Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more… — Isla Fisher Copy Share Image
I know the world is pretty intense, but in my opinion, there's nothing more perilous than being a teenager and watching a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
I think it's true of every great comedy that it's rooted in some dramatic, incredibly personal truth. And it's true of all… — Lucas Hedges Copy Share Image
What I've found in my career is that 70 to 75 percent of comics are nice and have some sense of social… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
Most people go on living their everyday life: half-frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragic-comedy that is being performed on the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Thus we use laughter to gauge and calibrate social boundaries—both behavioral boundaries (norms) and group membership boundaries (who deserves how much of… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
When I was doing stand-up, I had all these boundaries around what I would say. I think it made me a pretty… — Eva Victor Copy Share Image
I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
Language and emotions are too easily misread. For example, laughing can mean many things: laughing with you or at you. Does that… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“Mother says she can never stay mad at Daddy no matter how hard she tries. And Daddy says, ' Stay mad! You… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I can sing, I can act, my physical comedy is on point. I can do the splits. — Logan Paul Copy Share Image
Just because you don't know how to do stand-up doesn't mean you don't know how to put on a show. — Jack Black Copy Share Image
I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits. — Sophie Thompson Copy Share Image
My problem is people seem to laugh at me, but the one that laughs harder than anybody is me. — David Hasselhoff Copy Share Image
There are so many emotions that are just better when you react to people reacting to it. Like laughter. — Neil Berkeley Copy Share Image
I'm The Type Of Girl That Will Burst Out Laughing At Something That Happen Yesterday. — Monica Copy Share Image
I'm a comic; we get hecklers every night! It's really just part of the job. — Jermaine Fowler Copy Share Image
Humor is not the opposite of seriousness. Humor is the opposite of despair. — Conrad Hyers Copy Share Image
The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
