Comedy Quotes · Page 278

Im the kind of girl that laughs at her mistakes so pardon me if I laugh in your face.

— Anonymous

I think I do find humor in disorder, and reality is disorder.

— Julie Delpy

I always felt that my way into comedy would be through my writing rather than my acting.

— Simon Bird

As a comedian I appreciate every kind of comedy. You decide for yourself what you're going to do.

— Jeff Foxworthy

Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.

— Tig Notaro

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor.

— Juvenal

There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.

— Graham Greene

“Never second guess yourself. Or do, maybe. Whatever you feel good about.”

— Dan Florence

With the wacky jokes that we do on 'Great News,' you do overall still want to be coming from a place of…

— Briga Heelan

I've always been interested in how other people live their lives, which is why it's important to engage fully even in painful…

— Pamela Adlon

Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.

— William Zinsser

My father is best known for his light comedies, and Im best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.

— Vincent Cassel

When you put yourself in environments that continually test you, that's where all the good stories come from. That's where the jokes…

— Henry Rollins

“You know, there are very few people I could tell that to and have them laugh instead of calling the cops. Or…

— Cherise Sinclair

“Tis a strange calling!’ muttered Hawkeye, with an inward laugh, ‘to go through life, like a catbird, mocking all the ups and…

— James Fenimore Cooper

I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've…

— Dick Van Dyke

Now a 'funnyman' can get a laugh before opening his mouth - looking funny. Lou Costello was one of your great funnymen.…

— Milton Berle

Comedy and tragedy are so mixed up in life, Gilbert. The only thing that haunts me is that tale of the two…

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

In high drama or high tragedy or anything, it's not really human unless there's some humor at the same time. And vice…

— Rebecca Hall

“If I had been born in the 1700′s, presumably children had a bigger vocabulary than I had which means I wouldn’t have…

— John Branyan

I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started…

— Denis Leary

The thing that I get so often with network comedies - and, I think, some of the most brilliant people in the…

— Kenya Barris

Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say... sort of. It's just a filler. Sort of... it doesn't really mean anything.…

— Demetri Martin

“Art", "Bop" and "rock and roll" and whatever is all just a joke and a mistake, just a hunka foolishness so stop…

— Lester Bangs

“A child's giggle is worth one hundred pounds of gold.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

In England, you laugh at yourselves; in France, we laugh at others.

— Lou Doillon

I don't leave a room unless I leave a smile. I want to leave them laughing.

— Jenifer Lewis

I look at some 'Fast Shows' now and I just think, 'Where are the jokes?'

— Paul Whitehouse

I was never the class clown, and I've no idea where the comedy came from.

— Jasper Carrott

Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.

— James Thurber

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.

— Tracy Morgan

“I really don’t get this whole oranges thing. It’s like, does he want to eat them or go out with them?”

— Hillary DePiano

My style of comedy is probably absurdist, observational, and Olympian.

— Ronny Chieng

Humour is - how do I say this without sounding pompous - it's a huge part of my life.

— Martin Freeman

Three blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious!!

— Bill Bailey

I grew up in a household where we watched a lot of comedy. It's just something I've always enjoyed.

— DeMarcus Cousins

Witty and mean is easy - but fond and funny is hard.

— Steven Moffat

I adore doing comedy, I think it's fantastic. I never saw myself doing exclusively comedy.

— Zach Cregger

I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them.

— Julia Roberts

Seeing the funny side of life is useful, and I've always had a sense of humour.

— Henry Allingham