Comedy Quotes · Page 172

I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.

— Jimmy Carr

Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.

— Rob Walton

“Life is difficult and those who make us laugh are angels.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

A man who laughs when things go wrong,has thought of someone to blame it on.

— Ace Kid

An offended audience member repeating a comedian's act from memory is worse than, literally, anything.

— Anthony Jeselnik

All laughter is a muscular rigidity spasmodically relieved by involuntary twitching.

— Robert Benchley

“To Kalist, Baumauer’s just a timber bridge in need of a good hot fire.”

— Carla H Krueger

I can't defend someone else's jokes. I can only defend my jokes, and I have to live with my own jokes.

— Jeff Ross

The best types of laughter: 1) Laughing so hard it becomes silent. 2) You feel a six pack coming on. 3) Tears…

— Anonymous

I really love stand-up. I'm more than happy to do it for nothing. I've come to America to do it for nothing.…

— John Oliver

People love authenticity in comedy and, coming from a region, you get a very strong sense of place. They can place you…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.

— Jim Butcher

My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference…

— Christopher Walken

I never got along with my dad. Kids used to come up to me and say, "My dad can beat up your…

— Bill Hicks

A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love…

— Andrew Solomon

Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one's emotions, and of failure…

— Saint Basil

When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked…

— Kyle MacLachlan

You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off…

— John Cena

I want to continue to be challenged and feel a sense of fulfilment, like I have over the years at 'Emmerdale.' I've…

— Kelvin Fletcher

“Come here, let me share a bit of wisdom with you. Have you given much thought to our mortal condition? Probably not.…

— Anne Carson

“Now Vegas, while you were asleep your classmates and I were discussing time manipulation. What are your thoughts on the subject?” “Well,”…

— Charlie Fey

All jokes aside, it's a very difficult job playing the straight man. Jason is potentially the most brilliant straight man that ever…

— Will Arnett

Let's be honest, you and I have probably seen a whole lot of family films - you have to do something special.…

— John Krasinski

“Stigma works like this: Comic makes people with herpes the butt of his joke. Audience laughs. People with herpes see their worst…

— Lindy West

We don't write jokes or anything, the furthest we'll go is we'll repeat certain jokes for the camera.

— David Dobrik

You gotta be able to smile and laugh through the bullshit. (:

— Anonymous

“That diversion of life towards mechanism is the real cause of laughter”

— Henri Bergson

As long as you can laugh at yourself you will never cease to be amused.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

Yeah, romantic comedies are the hardest movies to make. Maybe one works a year.

— Dylan McDermott

People expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong.

— Christina Aguilera

Sex is identical to comedy in that it involves timing.

— Phyllis Diller

Not a lot of people in comedy grew up together and have been friends for 25 years.

— Sal Vulcano

The funniest thing about some people is that they have no sense of humor.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Comedy now is all about body shaming and delivering vulgar dialogues. There can't be another Manorama.

— Sowcar Janaki

A lot of people say that comedy doesn't travel well. I found it very accessible.

— Mark Addy

There's a hidden Goth in me: I have a dark sense of humour; I have a dark sense of fashion.

— Sonali Bendre

I do realise that when I laugh, it sounds like a seal is being molested.

— Jimmy Carr

All those I admired as a young performer had a calmness to their comedy.

— Ronnie Corbett

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

— John Cleese

The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach