Comedy Quotes · Page 204

If I had a sense of humor, I'd be laughing right now.

— Christine Feehan

The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at

— Saul Alinsky

Stand-up is one of the art forms where you don't have to look nice, and I hope it stays that way.

— Roisin Conaty

I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

— Kristen Wiig

I could have carried on in comedy. But my life was dark.

— Charlotte Rampling

I dont want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?

— Martin Lawrence

But our comedies never endured long without a tragedy.

— John Smith

Comedy is not about appearance; it's about rockin' a mike. Are they laughing? That's the only test.

— Ralphie May

I thought all comedy was stupid. I went to watch a friend do stand-up and I thought absolutely everyone was terrible.

— Sara Pascoe

Ironically, heavier comedians, actors, and the characters they play are actually more sympathetic, and easier for audiences to identify with, than the…

— Lionel Shriver

I've always had a way with the little people, making it a point to humor them without looking down my nose at…

— David Sedaris

I love pulling faces at little kids on the London tube to see if I can make them laugh, and I usually…

— Richard Herring

I've always wanted to have fun and always wanted to have, I think attention, in a way, where I'm making someone laugh.

— Megan Stalter

I like to think that even with some of the more intense ones sometimes there is humour in there, you try to…

— Ray Liotta

There's a danger zone if you take yourself too seriously. It's a terrible trap to fall into. I think it's the death…

— Samantha Bee

One good, hearty laugh is a bombshell exploding in the right place, while spleen and discontent are a gun that kicks over…

— Thomas De Witt Talmage

You can figure out how bad a person you are by how soon after September 11th you masturbated, like how long you…

— Anonymous

The difference between tragedy and comedy is the difference between experience and intuition. In the experience we strive against every condition of…

— Christopher Fry

Sometimes people ask me, 'You do stand-up?' I try explaining what I do, and I don't think they really get it. So:…

— Charlyne Yi

For me, stand-up is going to be forever, and everything is to make sure that I build an audience for my stand-up…

— Chris Redd

I did a film [about a con-artist mom and son] called Bringing Up Bobby that Famke Janssen wrote and directed. No one's…

— Milla Jovovich

“Somebody sniggered. From Somewhere int he back of the room someone else sneered, "Yeah, Hazel ," which was not the greatest insult…

— Anne Ursu

The thing in comedy is that once you start worrying about something not succeeding, you're frozen. There's no verdict on anything. You…

— Martin Short

We’ve got to have a little humor in our lives. You had better take seriously that which should be taken seriously but,…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“The only way to make disasters bearable is to laugh about them.”

— Rosamunde Pilcher

I like watching comedy shows. I only watch comedy or action.

— Jennifer Winget

Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.

— Adam Carolla

You are in a good place when you can laugh at what would have made you mad in the past.

— Anonymous

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness its poison.

— Anonymous

It's almost a way of life. I know what makes me laugh.

— Julian Clary

The Muslims in the Cape are associated with having a very good sense of humor.

— Riaad Moosa

Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without any success.

— Val Kilmer

I'm not really good at character or plot development. I'm just interested in big comedic moments.

— Graham Linehan

“Fashion doesn't make you perfect, but it makes you pretty.”

— Amit Kalantri

Humour is used in struggle and solving difficult things, and I relish that tradition.

— Debra Granik

Humour is the best way to make the unbearable bearable.

— Mary Ann Shaffer

Once you get past funny, my other qualities are so below average. It's not like I'm handy.

— Seth Meyers

Because I do mostly comedy, I'm usually working with friends, and it's usually a ball.

— Michaela Watkins

Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn't be comedy if it didn't.

— Beth Behrs

It's not about trying to be funny all the time. It's more of a document that hopefully is funny.

— David Cross