Comedy Quotes · Page 277

“Even if it’s a really funny joke, don’t laugh if the devil’s the one telling it!”

— Sean Patrick Brennan

Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.

— Shelley Berman

The more cerebral, slightly darker comedy stuff is where I love to live.

— Reid Scott

I've noticed a surge when I go out somewhere, or if I'm doing stand-up.

— Kevin Nealon

My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important.

— Christine Taylor

Of course, my whole theory of comedy is based in reality. The funniest stuff comes from real life.

— Philip Rosenthal

The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.

— Bob Newhart

To do comedy, you have to be a pretty good actor to start with.

— Robert Webb

Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without your even asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective…

— Wendy Wasserstein

I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.

— Carl Hiaasen

I really like comedy, and making people laugh is one of the few pleasures of being alive. It's a gift - that's…

— Janelle James

If there's an audience, I think they're going to expect me to be funny. But what if I'm not funny? What if…

— Gene Wilder

A lot of people can be very scared about making themselves vulnerable and appearing uncool. I don't really give a damn; as…

— Steve Coogan

Good-humor will sometimes conquer ill-humor, but ill-humor will conquer it oftener; and for this plain reason, good-humor must operate on generosity, ill-humor…

— Sir Fulke Greville

I don't know, I find that honestly, the stand-up thing in some ways is a little bit of a cliche to carry…

— Jim Gaffigan

My mom is very good at being passive-aggressive, and my Dad is a total wiseass, so I think the mixture of the…

— Amy Schumer

“Sincere and unspiteful laughter is mirth, but where is there any mirth in our time, and do people know how to be…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Humor has the tendency to be funny once. If I tell you a joke, we're going to have a big laugh. But…

— Marcel Wanders

Here's the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people…

— Ben Feldman

We have no blasphemy laws these days but with that freedom comes the responsibility which should always attend the exercise of free…

— Ann Widdecombe

People love to make comedians out to be miserable, dark, twisted people. And I just - I think a lot of people…

— Tig Notaro

In comedy, I often see so many weird race jokes, and it's like, there is no racial diversity in your show to…

— Michaela Coel

In college I was one of six males who auditioned for five male roles in a comedy play. I was the one…

— Emo Philips

“now, if there's anything stupider than buddy lists, its lol. if anyone ever uses lol with me, i rip my computer right…

— David Levithan

I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself.

— Cameron Diaz

A lot of the comedic work Ive done has been over-the-top, sketchy stuff.

— Kim Wayans

If you can't laugh at yourself, make fun of other people.

— Bobby Slayton

“For with dandies, a joke is the only way of making yourself respected.”

— Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

“Every child needs a father. Even if he turns out to be Darth Vader.”

— Jackson Radcliffe

'Laughing At Your Own Mistakes, Can Lengthen Your Life.

— Anonymous

A sense of humor isn't everything. It's only 90 percent of everything.

— Cynthia Heimel

It's tough to do comedy. After 'Mister', my inhibitions with respect to comedy have come down.

— Varun Tej

If you can step back and laugh at yourself and at a situation, it's healing.

— Jim Breuer

I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.

— Eric Cantona

For some comedians it feels so cool to be like: 'I'll say anything, man!'. I'm not quite there yet.

— Bo Burnham

I did a lot of standup from ages 19 to 24 but then stopped to focus on sketch with Broken Lizard.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

Got to have a sense of humor about things and not take ourselves too seriously.

— Layla Kayleigh

“I ordered a single espresso because I wanted a drink I could hook up with.”

— Randy Kagan

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.

— Herman Wouk

“The clay pot wishes to laugh at the iron pot. --Trinidad proverb”

— Lafcadio Hearn