Comedy Quotes · Page 223

There are a few genres that I am quite sceptical about, for example, horror and comedy.

— Rohit Saraf

In the world of comedy, having a partner is not the most unusual thing.

— Bobby Farrelly

I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms.

— Nell Scovell

“Why sadness was created? So we could rest from laughing.”

— Nelson M. Lubao

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

— James Boswell

I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.

— Michaela Watkins

People look upon me primarily as a comedian. I'm trying to get away from that, though I do like comedy.

— Fred MacMurray

Silently but surely I will make sure I have the last laugh when it's all said and done.

— Anonymous

When we can't laugh again and again on the same joke... there's no point crying again and again for the same pain.

— Anonymous

If anything, being a female has afforded me opportunities on YouTube that I necessarily didn't have in doing traditional comedy and auditioning…

— Grace Helbig

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I…

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another…

— Bill Pullman

The best comedy to me - and again, I grew up with comedy since I was a baby, so I've seen it…

— Pauly Shore

I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

— Steve Coogan

I'm a comic, and I'm supposed to outrage and make people laugh, Part of makin' people laugh is to shake up their…

— Roseanne Barr

I don't know how to write jokes from the point of view of a six-foot-two guy. So, I'll always talk about it,…

— Brad Williams

“Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humour is the…

— Washington Irving

I can work every day of the year. TV is easy. My call's at 8:30 a.m. I'd like to break out of…

— Scott Baio

You can tell on-stage when a joke's starting to lose its pop. It doesn't mean people don't want to hear it anymore;…

— Ron White

I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked…

— Dat Phan

When there's characters out there that don't have humor, I don't find them as believable, because we all have humor, no matter…

— Rhys Darby

If all you have is satire, your show will close. Even if all you have is comedy, your show will close. The…

— Robert Lopez

A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the…

— Stephen Merchant

I will laugh at the world! Never will I allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, so powerful, that…

— Og Mandino

“If pain is a pot of boiling water, humor can be the rising steam.”

— Cameron Conaway

It is really sad that there's no recognition at the national level for comedy.

— Vivek

Apparently, I have a totally different sense of humour.

— Andrew Eldritch

Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing. It always has the potential to be a blast.

— Ty Burrell

My cancer continues to make for all kind of hilarity.

— Scott Thompson

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.

— Paul F. Tompkins

“Their humor is underdog humor, a put-down of what is more powerful than they.”

— Wallace Stegner

An adequate share of humor and laughter represents an essential part of the diet of the healthy person.

— Norman Cousins

When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.

— Mason Cooley

I find it so funny that people find me so interesting.

— Britney Spears

I will never be the comic that apologizes for telling a joke.

— Tony Rock

It's not all about beauty! It's also about a sense of humor.

— Carolina Herrera

I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.

— Dan Harmon

Though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve.

— William Shakespeare

A standup set ends on a buildup of tension and subsequent release for a big laugh.

— Josh Gondelman

I do just want to do jokes. I don't want to be a divisive figure.

— Jim Gaffigan