Comedy Quotes · Page 193

When they say laughter is healing, it absolutely is the truth.

— Katey Sagal

“All I know about humour is that I don't know anything about it.”

— Fred Allen

It's easy to trick yourself into thinking something's funnier than it is.

— Paula Pell

Is not the decisive difference between comedy and tragedy that tragedy denies us another chance?

— John Updike

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

— Ray Stevenson

I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.

— Ivan Reitman

A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed, for he will never lack for amusement.

— James Carlos Blake

No matter how much you give a homeless person for tea... you never get that tea.

— Jimmy Carr

When you start out in comedy, or probably in a lot of things, you want it to happen fast. You don't want…

— Mitch Hedberg

I think the more you hone your voice, take risks and talk about things that matter, the better chance you have of…

— Ted Alexandro

I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.

— Walter Cronkite

People think making jokes about something is just going to cause trouble. But actually, not making jokes about something is a type…

— David Baddiel

'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch…

— Shane Dawson

A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes…

— Alan Ayckbourn

To me, some of the funniest movies would be probably categorized in the dramatic genre, and likewise, some of the most dramatic…

— Paul Rudd

Ego is hilarious - especially the vanity of a comedian. As soon as you see one start worrying about how cool he…

— Ricky Gervais

I have done much more dramatic work than comedic work, but I think comedy is harder than drama in a way. I…

— Peter Vack

“Tears streamed down my face. I was so happy I wanted to shout it from the rooftop. But at the same time…

— Alan Partridge

Standup really is a young man's game, a single young man's game. Even when I was younger, when I wasn't single, it…

— Kevin Nealon

Here's a woman, a real pioneer for other women looking for careers in stand-up comedy. And talk about guts - she would…

— David Letterman

If you say to me: "Master, it would seem that you weren't too terribly wise to have written these bits of nonsense…

— Francois Rabelais

If a comedian tells a joke that you find funny, you laugh. If he tells a joke you do not find funny,…

— Gilbert Gottfried

There's always a moment in any stand-up show I do where people are booing. They kinda boo a premise. And then I…

— Chris Rock

So many people there are in politics that they're overly cautious about laughing at stuff. They're so damned concerned about what everyone…

— Bill Burr

Life is worth living as long as theres a laugh in it

— Anonymous

I've requested Anand Raghav to write a full length comedy for me.

— Delhi Ganesh

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

— Steve Martin

Comedies are something I'd be very interesting in doing.

— David Naughton

The whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it.

— Horace Walpole

There is nothing that I'm more compelled to do than get up in front of a crowd and make people laugh.

— Bert Kreischer

Eventually I'm going to be too old to be on camera, and I've been doing stand-up a long time.

— Jen Kirkman

“A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing--mores the pity.”

— Herman Melville

We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.

— May Sarton

“I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”

— Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

I watch drama. I don't watch a lot of comedy. Watching comedy is like work.

— Marta Kauffman

“Humor is the ovum of dissent, and the Juche should fear it.”

— David Mitchell

If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

— Natalie Portman

The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.

— Tommy Chong

I mean comedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about.

— Matt Lucas

Honestly, my biggest education regarding improv comedy actually came on the job working for 'My Boys.'

— Reid Scott