Comedy Quotes · Page 186

I went to theater school, and then comedy... just happened.

— Emily Osment

If you tell a guy you don't like being tickled and he tickles you anyway, that's a red flag.

— Anna Kendrick

Jack is really the new breed, a wild-man comedian. America's funnyman.

— Kyle Gass

I don't think there's anything more scary than being forced into doing stand-up comedy.

— Ari Graynor

Keep a sense of humor, that keeps you balanced, and you'll do quite well with it all, I'm sure.

— Frederick Lenz

Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.

— Graeme Simsion

“The aim of the joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.”

— George Orwell

I'm constantly looking for humour in the news. The funniest things are in the minutiae.

— Hugh Dennis

I've never really been a big fan of comedy songs, frankly. I think I enjoy the emotional payoff that the best music…

— Keith Murray

My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.

— Eddie Izzard

“I am an old man, and I am dying...Will you remember me, Jacob?" I promise, one day, I will join you, Mr.…

— Noah Benshea

All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter.

— Fred Allen

I had this website that, at one point, I listed myself as 'actor, writer, comedian, and fart enthusiast' just because I thought…

— Thomas Middleditch

If you're just making people laugh, that can be one-dimensional. You have to bring something artistic into it, so it's working on…

— Lolly Adefope

“... the preacher speaks both the word of tragedy and the word of comedy because they are both of them the truth…

— Frederick Buechner

I did so many comedies that we've had numerous discussions about horror of film and I've always been really hesitant to do…

— Eric Christian Olsen

Comedy is the only profession where love from a stranger is better than love from a family member. You need to perform…

— Jay Leno

I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not. When I read a…

— Jessica Walter

“Jane turned and looked at Rob who was still staring into space with a crazed look on his face. ‘Are you listening…

— Dougie Brimson

My dream career would be to be in things that have real heart and are telling real stories but while doing that,…

— Anonymous

My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and…

— Graham Norton

I want my people to understand that because only man is capable to laugh, that means laughter is the highest point of…

— Anonymous

“That laugh…the low baritone timbre that can stop wars, solve world hunger, and cure women of their need for underwear all at…

— B.J. Harvey

It was a dangerous profession I had chosen ... because no one likes a funny kid. In fact, adults are scared silly…

— Art Buchwald

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

— E. M. Forster

Twitter is comedy writing. It's one-liners that give way to fully fleshed-out thoughts.

— Jaboukie Young-White

“The funniest part of that joke is, 'say what you will about Hitler.”

— Jerry Seinfeld

Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.

— Malcolm McDowell

I didn't want to be selling insurance at 40, wondering what would it have been like to do stand-up.

— Steven Wright

We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.

— Shawn Wayans

I'm not a professional comedian. Nobody comes to my comedy shows. That's just a little hobby.

— David Rees

Laugh like mad, and you'll figure out the answers to the most difficulties in life.

— Akila Sultana

“Smile makes women smarter, humour makes men handsome.”

— Amit Kalantri

Sometimes I say some things people may think are just outlandish, but I'm going to have the last laugh.

— Riff Raff

It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible.

— Johnny Knoxville

What is wrong with me i just bought a bag of weed from an infant.

— Dave Chappelle

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

— Bob Newhart

Only one in four jokes ever works, and I still can't predict what people will laugh at.

— Steven Wright

My brain is a factory of punchlines which never stops producing

— Static Flow

When you make fun of people just to get a laugh, it can become very dangerous.

— Marky Ramone