Thanks to people like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, it's real freedom to do stand-up comedy. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
My feeling is there is always that possibility for humour in tragedy. In life they go together. — Tara Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Sammy suns?” Sam laughed derisively. “They might as well be candles.” — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
Why would they have gone to the trouble to hire the best comedy writers in the business to write funny material for… — Burt Ward Copy Share Image
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
My routine isn't so much dreaming up the comedy as just seeing what happens to me. I seem to be leading a… — John Pinette Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was cool, but I was very flattered that some of the younger comedy writers came up to talk… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The best advice I could give someone trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Comedy is a difficult thing for a critic, as, unlike all other art-forms, it has an inbuilt success-o-meter: laughter. Therefore, there's no… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable. — James Gray Copy Share Image
I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get… — Ralph Brown Copy Share Image
I love doing comedy, and that's the thing I will always go back to, really, but I'd love to have the freedom… — Alice Lowe Copy Share Image
“If we do not laugh, we will cry. Crying will only make us hotter and sweatier. We Jews like to joke about… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is his goofy laugh and silly grin that made people underestimate him; certainly his playfulness contributed to that perception. At… — Richard Brandt Copy Share Image
teenagers are never joking. when seeking to prove a point, principals and teachers should remember that teenagers are never, ever sarcasic or… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
No matter what else you came up against, if you could smile and laugh while a monkey did you with chestnuts in… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Even here is something sad and terrible. But the impression is fleeting, and serves only to give a greater acuteness to the… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Whether you have a show or not, you can still be somewhere being funny. — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
“If laughter is the best medicine, then why do we all have medicine cabinets full of stuff?” — Christina Estabrook Copy Share Image
The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
When you walk through life with a dirty mind, the simplest things seem funny — Green Monk Copy Share Image
“He’s in a side room alone with her and it’s far too fucking hot.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
You know how laughter is the best medicne, well weed give you the giggles, so weed is the best medicne. — Levita Charin Copy Share Image
Life is often confusing and sad, and I'm a big fan of the slap and the tickle, as they say. — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
“Laughter can deflate almost any problem down to its proper size.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I prefer that laughter shall take me unawares. Only so can it master and dissolve me. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Don't take life too seriously Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit Laugh at it — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
Having a sense of humor is a part of being courageous. It's a source of strength. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
A mimicry artiste should be spontaneous and he should be able to crack jokes on the spot. — Kalabhavan Mani Copy Share Image
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