Comedy Quotes · Page 274

I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.

— Ted Lange

All those zany comedies have instilled a sense of pace in me.

— Jerry Zucker

The only thing darker than 'Overboard' is 'Micki & Maude,' the bigamy comedy from 1984.

— Mark Duplass

Our universe is ruled by random whim, inhabited by people who laugh at logic.

— Jeff Lindsay

Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'

— Marla Gibbs

I'd like to get my own TV show on, whether it's a talk show or a comedy, that I write.

— Jim Norton

Our sense of humour is complementary. I'm populist; and Paul's more sophisticated.

— Harry Enfield

If I can make people laugh it's like being a good lover.

— Spalding Gray

I tell a lot of jokes. Most of the jokes just happen to come; they're not planned jokes. I like when people…

— Lorrie Morgan

My senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing…

— Barbara Park

The biggest mistake you can make with a prank show is remove the 'real' element, which is the funniest thing.

— Kayvan Novak

For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want…

— Tatiana Maslany

Always find a reason to laugh…it may not add years to ur life but will surely add life toO your yeArs…:)

— Anonymous

In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy.

— Charlie Brooker

I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't…

— Ricky Gervais

I would never bring a kid to a comedy show myself, but I have noticed that I can't stop other people from…

— Kristen Schaal

Comedians are like pop bands. When you're young, you have ruddy principles and don't do old stuff because you don't want to…

— Harry Enfield

Comedy is like a very cokey, druggy sugar. You get hits of comedy, and it's very, "More, give me more of that…

— Eddie Izzard

I got away from comedy because it wasn't being done in the way that I loved and the way that I could…

— Sandra Bullock

The Republicans tend to choose the candidate who came in second place in the last election, and Democrats tend to move on.…

— Brian Schweitzer

What you never want to do is have a story that doesn't track emotionally, because then you're going joke to joke and…

— Paul Feig

Humour very often consists of shrewd perceptions about people. It's usually fun at someone's expense. Nowadays if you're funny at anybody's expense…

— Robertson Davies

My two souls, the socially conscious one and the lighthearted one, are always in my movies because they find a perfect habitat…

— Lina Wertmuller

It has become cliché to say I laughed until I cried, but when I'm done reading one of [Kupperman's] underground comics my…

— Conan O'Brien

Eddie Murphy was the Michael Jordan of comedy. He had a full range of abilities.

— Aries Spears

Everybody that you can think of that does comedy, I have met or worked with almost all of them.

— Cameron Esposito

Just thinking of your laughter gives me courage. . .

— Rosamund Lupton

We should all laugh more at our elected officials - it's good for us and good for them.

— Molly Ivins

For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that's longer than most marriages.

— David Fincher

The primate laugh is given in playful contexts, and as such has a strong similarity to the human laugh.

— Frans de Waal

I used to be a person that wasn't able to laugh at myself easily.

— Kelly Carlin-McCall

David Dhawan is the best as far as Indian comedy films are concerned.

— Akshaye Khanna

I started getting really interested in comedy when I was in middle school.

— Abbi Jacobson

Laughter is Humanity's mechanism to escape suffering.

— Deepak Chopra

The household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I haven't got an ad lib for people throwing bread rolls at my hat.

— Tommy Cooper

Laugh at yourself for man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.

— Og Mandino

I'd like to start with the chimney jokes - I've got a stack of them. The first one is on the house.

— Tim Vine

I never want to forget that my job is to make people laugh.

— Carlos Mencia

Once you've been in a mental institution, people are going to look at you funny.

— Drew Barrymore