Comedy Quotes · Page 273

People laugh at me, and that's fine. I laugh at myself, too.

— Bappi Lahiri

If we do not know what humor is, that may be because we do not know what humankind is.

— Steve Allen

“the pedal and left my best friends to listen to my triumphant laughter. “Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”

— Richard Roberts

Fat jokes to me are always, always hilarious, as long as they're done towards yourself.

— Zach Galifianakis

That moment when your parents take your joke completely serious and you end up getting in trouble.

— Anonymous

In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.

— Jack Lemmon

I want my films to be entertaining: not comedy, but something which is gripping.

— Prabhas

“Are we going to reach a point where we say LOL instead of actually laughing?”

— Yusra Badr

“Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. (Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.) [ Said on his deathbed ]”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

A lot of stand-up comedy is embarrassing: too many idiots doing it in orange neckties against brick walls. I find most sitcoms…

— Tracey Ullman

I think with a comedian, when you get to the point of a greatest hits, it's kind of an acknowledgment that you've…

— Jeff Foxworthy

Because you don't know us at all we laugh when old people fall, but what would you expect with a conscience so…

— Sum 41

I didn't know if I could be funny on stage or write a joke. But I saw that there are no rules.…

— Kumail Nanjiani

A lot of my early pictures are, I think, quite funny. And these days I tend to look for comedy more and…

— Helen Levitt

I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you just can't cry.

— Sam Kinison

You can't really do comedy if you're working with Ryan Reynolds, eh? He outplays everyone in that field, so I couldn't really…

— Julian Dennison

“The Severed Nose. What would you do if you came home one evening and found a severed nose lying on a plate…

— Jeff Strand

I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word,…

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

It's so fun because Jason [Mantzoukas]'s one of the smartest people I've met in comedy. So unbelievably fast comedically - so he's…

— Jackie Schaffer

There is no difference between alternative and traditional club comedy. People think there's a difference, but I don't think so. It's like…

— Brent Weinbach

It's important that when you do standup, you do small places like coffee shops and also big places like colleges. It helps…

— Tig Notaro

My general advice for writers/comedians is, make stuff you like and are proud of. Put it in a place where people can…

— Josh Gondelman

There is that stereotype of a nerd with the high pants and pocket protector and that kind of thing. That can sustain…

— Johnny Galecki

Laughter appears to stand in need of an echo, Listen to it carefully: it is not an articulate, clear, well-defined sound; it…

— Henri Bergson

If laughter is the best medicine, then all it takes to cure your cold is a picture of me naked.

— Anonymous

I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light.

— Jen Lancaster

“Laughing at yourself turns shame into play, mistakes into stories, and awkwardness into authenticity.”

— Pamela Cox

Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.

— George Burns

I had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer.

— Mindy Kaling

Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms.

— Elizabeth Hurley

“A comedy about killing people? Like, that is just so awful.”

— Hamish De'Lamet

You basically can say anything to someone on an email or text as long as you put LOL at the end.

— Kanye West

I'm not really very funny, I just keep recycling jokes.

— Reese Roper

The Wombat is a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness!

— Dante Gabriel Rossetti

I'm always blown away by stand-ups. I'm blown away by people like that who are craftspeople at comedy.

— Kathryn Hahn

“‎Just because you're funny doesn't mean you get to be cruel.”

— Libba Bray

I think people are surprised to learn that Im pretty goofy and pretty funny.

— Susan Egan

Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since One Eight Seven.

— Clifton Collins, Jr

As far as stand-up comedy, I got into the business later than most, yeah.

— Charlie Murphy

Channel 4 always do really great stuff; they do great comedies.

— Brian Gleeson