Comedy Quotes · Page 190

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

— Bennett Cerf

When human beings say they have power, it always makes me laugh a little bit.

— Courtney A. Kemp

I used to think that laughter would solve everything and I would never be lonely.

— Simon Amstell

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

— John Steinbeck

I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.

— Zooey Deschanel

Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero.

— Fred Willard

In his life, [Dalton] Trumbo uses wit and comedy to fight these very high-stakes battles.

— Jay Roach

In my opinion, where comedy sequels tend to go bad is that they get sillier and lighter.

— Craig Mazin

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't?

— Paul Merton

I always feel the most validated and confident being around people that I find funny - having Fred Armisen laugh at a…

— Cecily Strong

Doing stand-up is like running across a frozen pond with the ice breaking behind you. I love it because it's dangerous.

— Steven Wright

I figure, oftentimes the best way in is through humor, and you can deal with serious situations a lot easier, or at…

— Andrew Rannells

Sheldon: This is the temperature you agreed to in the roommate agreement. Leonard: Aw, screw the roommate agreement! Sheldon: No, you don't…

— Sheldon Cooper

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

— Francis Bacon

When I make a mistake I'm not the type who gets angry if someone says something, I like to joke about it.

— Matthijs de Ligt

I'm known as a dramatic actor. But because I don't do a lot of comedy, I love watching it because I can…

— Riley Smith

Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were…

— Natasha Leggero

Someone trying to be funny probably isn't as funny as someone who doesn't want to be funny but is and can't help…

— Ricky Gervais

“When I see heavy dramas with no comic relief, I don't think they're honest. I don't think people go through life miserable…

— Carl Reiner

Many, many years ago before I got into comedy, I applied to be a spy for MI5. I got down to the…

— Chris McCausland

I do an act, and I've been doing an act for 50 years. I do a variety show, which is a musical…

— Debbie Reynolds

What I'd show you is much more bizarre than anything we have looked at so far, and I warn you in advance…

— Stephen King

I was even in a comedy group for a while. It's so different. It's so completely different. The idea of going to…

— Elizabeth Mitchell

Why wait for reasons to laugh? Life as it is should be reason enough to laugh. It is so absurd, it is…

— Rajneesh

You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you?

— Bud Abbott

When you laugh with good-hearted innocence at your own creations, you are free.

— Barbara Marciniak

Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.

— Carl Reiner

I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy.

— Todd Barry

Suddenly, if I were to be seen in a sex comedy, it wouldn't be acceptable to my fans.

— Alok Nath

“I have three sets of humor. One I keep in a bag of salt, because it’s the dry one.
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— Jarod Kintz

“Laughter is the plangent reflection of pain. Laughter acts as a tonic, the surcease for pain.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Famous ancient proverb say: Learn to laugh at your own misfortunes, everyone else is!”

— Ancient

People sometimes say how standup is so hard, and I always tell them that it's hard at the beginning.

— Bill Maher

Comedy is not something that had necessarily jumped out as something I'd immediately go for.

— Ed Speleers

There's a tremendous amount of humor... in very unexpected places.

— Holly Hunter

With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle.

— Johnny Vegas

A lot of the things I do are the sort of things I think are funny.

— Eugene Mirman

What I really need is a woman who loves me for my money but doesn't understand math.

— Mike Birbiglia

Real laughter is when youre almost choking up and need to come up for air

— Ff

I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair.

— John Perry Barlow