Comedy Quotes · Page 244

Whether it's a highbrow thing or lowbrow. I'm never, ever going to leave a joke on the floor.

— Robby Hoffman

When I approach a character, I don't take it as comedy because I don't know how to do it.

— Sunil Grover

There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they actually can't tell the truth without lying.

— Josh Billings

I don't care if I'm funny. I just want people to believe I'm that guy.

— Jim Piddock

“popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command.”

— Lindsey Davis

You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh... it's as simple as that.

— Jay Leno

All these jokes have been pre-approved as funny by me.

— Mitch Hedberg

You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face

— Sherry Argov

A joke is a good camouflage. Next best comes sentiment... But the best camouflage of all - in my opinion - is…

— Max Frisch

You can't satirise darts, because it's hyper-real as it is; there's already enough over-the-top madness to it.

— Irvine Welsh

No matter how funny the bad jokes are, the jokes they create wants to build the moment with you with their effort.

— Anonymous

For me, the goal wasn't to turn the stand-up special on its head, but to do what I do specifically, and hopefully…

— Nick Kroll

My comedy isn't about being attractive - it's about how the bar of dumb seems so low right now, and I desperately…

— Natasha Leggero

I don't necessarily think of it as Southern comedy. I just think I'm a comedian and I have a Southern accent.

— Jeff Foxworthy

“There is a moment of sheer panic when I realize that Paul's apartment overlooks the park... and is obviously more expensive than…

— Patrick Bateman

Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life.

— Sarah Polley

“I live in a constant endeavour to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and other evils of life, by mirth; being…

— Laurence Sterne

'S.N.L.' is the comedy establishment. Of course you want to go through that, because you want that stamp of approval. But it…

— Noel Wells

Laughter is something we have against oppression and oppressive people. Dictators hate people who laugh at them. It's easy for them to…

— Burhan Sonmez

Every time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself…

— James Thurber

“I cannot understand the principle at all,' said Stephen. 'I should very much like to show it to Captain Aubrey, who is…

— Patrick O'Brian

And then after the success at Melbourne Comedy Festival, then we regrouped back in LA and we went back into workshopping and…

— Brian Henson

I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over…

— Felipe Esparza

I don't think comedy really does change people's minds; I think you can only get someone who is almost ready to change…

— Jim Jefferies

I have a great sense of humour. I am teasing, taunting and authoritative.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

Though laughter is allowable, a horse-laugh is abominable.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I don't say things to be offensive; I say things because they're funny to me. It amuses me.

— Marilyn Manson

I like making people laugh and I like making people happy.

— Carl Nassib

I have a black sense of humor. You try living my life, see what color yours turns.

— Karen Marie Moning

'Harvey' continues to be both a charming and hilarious play.

— Judge Reinhold

“there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.”

— Charles Dickens

When you're doing stand-up, you can comment if something fails, get a laugh from that.

— Rob Brydon

How I've fed my kids over the years is by doing stand-up comedy in clubs.

— Dominic Holland

The Sneeze' is comedy - it's five short plays and it was Chekhov showing his comedic streak.

— Amanda Redman

I had an idea of what I thought was funny. It's kind of based on how I am.

— Jennifer Aniston

It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'

— Alexandra Petri

I want to help people, give hope to all. Humor is the foundation of our lives.

— Terry Bradshaw

'Taskmaster' taps into a universal humour of people making a fool of themselves.

— Greg Davies

I just find little things in life funny, it's why I giggle during my shows.

— Michael McIntyre

I never want to compromise my act just to get a laugh.

— Joe Rogan