Comedy Quotes · Page 255

You have to make them laugh and then make them listen.

— Aidan Quinn

I thought comedians had to have black on their faces or red beards.

— Dorothy Gish

All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.

— Ron White

When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.

— Matt Lucas

I think it's very funny that someone would exaggerate to make himself look worse.

— David Leavitt

You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy.

— Paula Patton

It makes me laugh when you bring two things together which have nothing to do with one another.

— Jean-Luc Godard

Why shouldn't I be allowed to say stupid, outrageous things?

— Sebastian Horsley

The world is full of horrible things that will eventually get you and everything you care about. Laughter is a universal way…

— Anthony Jeselnik

All I care about is that people who like me think I'm funny. I get on with writing pretty straight-down the line,…

— Giles Coren

There used to be an old bad joke. I hope it's not so much a good joke anymore. 'Everybody's from Scranton; no…

— Joe Biden

If the 'Chappelle's Show' had stayed on, I seriously doubt I would have developed this fast as a stand-up comedian. I probably…

— Charlie Murphy

Perhaps we could do without tragedy in art - but what about comedy? Is it a coincidence that so many of the…

— Tom Malinowski

Comedy has to be so much cleaner than drama. You can't layer it in the way you can a dramatic performance. Which…

— Grant Bowler

Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I don't laugh at me. I used to. I used to get the giggles when I'd see myself. But now, I see…

— Adam Sandler

They all laugh. We all laugh. And it occurs to me that I might be meeting Tobias's true faction. They are not…

— Veronica Roth

At bottom the world isn't a joke. We only joke about it to avoid an issue with someone, to let someone know…

— Robert Frost

I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that's more universal than just language and dialogue. I…

— Josh Gad

Go back and read Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here or Babbitt. For a guy or girl who's going to do…

— David Cross

That perhaps is your task--to find the relation between things that seem incompatible yet have a mysterious affinity, to absorb every experience…

— Virginia Woolf

I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young…

— Theodore Hesburgh

I've always just loved drawing and loved cartoons. Growing up, I loved Disney films, I loved The Simpsons, and I was a…

— Alex Hirsch

[Comedies], in the ancient world, were regarded as of a higher rank than tragedy, of a deeper truth, of a more difficult…

— Joseph Campbell

The tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective

— Arnold Beisser

Well, you've got to learn how to make fun of yourself - you know what I mean?

— Lil Jon

I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act.

— Roger Craig Smith

I mean my goal is to get Michael Richards to do stand up at the Laugh Factory to an all black audience.

— Daniel Tosh

I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.

— Dakota Johnson

Comedy is all about timing, and playing the truth of the moment.

— Krysten Ritter

I really don't take any interest at all in contemporary comedy.

— Paul Merton

Comedy can simultaneously allow you to dive headfirst into the world's pain and escape it.

— Abbi Jacobson

Never in a million years did I get into comedy to make anyone upset.

— Sarah Sherman

Can you please be serious ? Ok,ok... I'm gonna be serious now.*DEEP BREATH..* *Bursts out laughing*

— Anonymous

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

— Agnes Repplier

“Love is the canvas covering the furniture that you've become a part of”

— Josh Stern

“Enjoy everything and everybody that makes you laugh,because one day you wont laugh at all”

— Julia King

In comedy, the witty style wins out over every mishap of the plot.

— Mason Cooley

First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.

— Adam McKay

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.

— Abraham Lincoln