Comedy Quotes · Page 245

The vices we scoff at in others laugh at us within ourselves.

— Thomas Browne

I was thinking making you laugh was my responsibility.But actually you were taking it granted.

— Anonymous

Some people are commended for a giddy kind of good-humor, which is as much a virtue as drunkenness.

— Alexander Pope

The English race is the best at weeping and the worst at laughing.

— Thomas Hearne

Implying women are too weak to take a joke is *implicitlty* sexist, and ridiculous.

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.

— Drew Carey

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

— Romain Gary

Everything is funnier, when you're not allowed to laugh.

— Punkinhead Abhishek

“You must be clever, Tracey to do these forgeries." "She's not clever. I did them," yelled Frieda. "You'll get five years." "She…

— Robyn Quaker

The comedies are not a million laughs on the set. Its business and the dramas are business as well, really. When I'm…

— Woody Allen

I like to make people laugh, and I definitely think laughter is healing. It's one of my favorite thing to do, so…

— Kelly Stables

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you…

— Colin Quinn

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the…

— Kevin Hart

I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between…

— Eddie Izzard

For some reason, comedians are still children. The social skills somehow never reach us, so we say exactly what we think without…

— Bob Newhart

I considered the years in Hollywood nothing but an interim. What I always wanted was to be was a musical comedy star.

— Arlene Dahl

My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind!…

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

Why does that pharmacist have to be two and a half feet higher than everybody else? Who the hell is this guy?…

— Jerry Seinfeld

I've always wanted to do non-comedies, I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different…

— Frank Oz

I'm a big believer than a great bit is a great bit - if I go and see someone I love, like…

— Jerry Seinfeld

Today's generation likes stand-up comedies in which the performers give their take on a number of subjects. Some of them are a…

— Ashok Saraf

Have interesting failures… If you need to have a personal crisis have it now. Don't wait until midlife, when it will take…

— Garrison Keillor

All I can say is I've been reading the lips of bleeped-out words, angry baseball players, and stoned-out rock stars on awards…

— Marlee Matlin

We just, you know, we're just sort of doing it like Bewitched, because we just think that the character of Kenny is…

— Debra Messing

A lot of people say that comedy doesnt travel well. I found it very accessible.

— Mark Addy

Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public.

— Robin Williams

Comedy lives on in the web and TV, but nobody's pressing comedy albums anymore.

— Jason Alexander

I was open to anything, but comedy was what I really loved.

— Sam Lloyd

Just because you don't know how to do stand-up doesn't mean you don't know how to put on a show.

— Jack Black

I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.

— Sophie Thompson

I can sing, I can act, my physical comedy is on point. I can do the splits.

— Logan Paul

I graduated from Improv Olympic. I used to do standup comedy.

— Redfoo

I'm a heavy smoker. I go through two lighters a day.

— Bill Hicks

My problem is people seem to laugh at me, but the one that laughs harder than anybody is me.

— David Hasselhoff

Hostility is expressed in a number of ways. One is laughter.

— Kate Millett

I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.

— Chris Messina

There are so many emotions that are just better when you react to people reacting to it. Like laughter.

— Neil Berkeley

When another comedian has a lousy show, I'm the first one to admit it.

— Jack Benny

I'm The Type Of Girl That Will Burst Out Laughing At Something That Happen Yesterday.

— Monica

I'm a comic; we get hecklers every night! It's really just part of the job.

— Jermaine Fowler