Comedy Quotes · Page 203

It's always comedy first on 'Will and Grace.' There was never any other agenda.

— Sean Hayes

who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone who tries.

— Lauren DeStefano

“No one has ever honestly said, “I hate that this joke exists, even though it’s clearly hilarious.” It”

— Chuck Klosterman

I decided that it was more important to laugh than to eat.

— Seth Grahame-Smith

Because I work in comedy, I can't kick back and watch sitcoms as a form of leisure anymore.

— Esther Povitsky

There are many differences between Netflix and Comedy Central.

— Tim Robinson

I never lack material for my humor column when Congress is in session.

— Will Rogers

I don't see myself as part of an acting fraternity or a comedy fraternity.

— Ricky Gervais

“Even amidst tragedy there is laughter, sometimes farce. The degree of farce depends on who is running the tragedy.”

— Daniel Prokop

Unfortunately for a multitude of occultists, humor is a rare ingredient in their lives. In fact it is their very lack of…

— Anton Szandor LaVey

A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never…

— Winifred Holtby

I'm one of those people who laughs everything off. If I mess up, I just say, 'Ha! Totally didn't mean to do…

— Christina Grimmie

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

— John Hodgman

I always hate telling my jokes in print 'cause I always feel like it reads so not funny and people read it…

— Aziz Ansari

I always made the joke that I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when Warner Brothers first…

— Lindsey Buckingham

We break off obsession by laughing at ourselves, by learning to be funny, by just seeing the joy in life and by…

— Frederick Lenz

With a comedian, it's the opposite. You put that album out, and they've heard it. If they're coming out to see you,…

— Patton Oswalt

My childhood was lonely. Both my parents were away a lot, working, and the maid basically raised me. And I think that's…

— Robin Williams

That's also why comedy and horror are my two favorite genres of film to write, because you get these outbursts of emotion…

— Diablo Cody

Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a…

— Bo Burnham

I went to NYU drama school, so I was a very serious actress. I used to do monologues with a Southern accent,…

— Molly Shannon

Improvisation is almost like the retarded cousin in the comedy world. We've been trying forever to get improvisation on TV. It's just…

— Amy Poehler

I find that working with friends is always the goal, even if its just one person. Because the comedy community is kind…

— Lizzy Caplan

I certainly don't think comedians are more depressive than any other walk of life. I have had clinical depression, as it happens.…

— David Baddiel

“I didn't wait for Luck. I raced after it with a truck.”

— A.A. Bell

For all of those depress people find a bunny and sing, and dance with it.

— Logan Fitzgerald

Laughing in the cultural industry is mockery of happiness.

— Anonymous

It's funny how we sometimes laugh at others mistakes...and always cry at our own.

— Ritu

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

— Horace

Laugh and your life will be lengthened for this is the great secret of long life.

— Og Mandino

I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.

— Dave Chappelle

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.

— Spike Milligan

I always say, if you want to judge a person, see what he/she laughs at.

— Manini Mishra

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

— Anonymous

“Laugh whenever possible. It's the best solution to happiness.”

— Avery Stocking

I think Mitch Hedberg is one of the great comedians of the past 20 years.

— Mike Birbiglia

I'll go back to comedy clubs when they get a real no-camera policy, the same way they did with smoking.

— Chris Rock

Laughter or crying is what a human being does when there's nothing else he can do.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I have a couple of really hard, weird laughs every day.

— Ben Falcone

A comedy club is a place where you work out material, you're trying material.

— Chris Rock