Comedy Quotes · Page 288

We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days.

— Paul Feig

I don't look at comedy as a sliding scale of offensiveness.

— Lee Mack

Chekhov, when it's done well and you're ready for it, can actually be quite funny.

— Vera Farmiga

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

— Allen Klein

I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.

— Riz Ahmed

In terms of humor, it's a really powerful coping mechanism, and it gets you through really dark days.

— Eva Victor

People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.

— Christopher Guest

I'm kind of the funny guy that hopefully kind of wins your heart if I did my job.

— Walton Goggins

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may…

— James Boswell

Entertainment Weekly said that Parks and Rec is the smartest comedy on tv. Call me when it's the funniest.

— Andy Kindler

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

— Stephen Chbosky

“Our family was nearly torn apart on several occasions by arguments started when the refrigerator door was open for what my father…

— Weston Locher

I loved George Carlin... I used to sit in front of the TV and watch the HBO comedy specials. I loved those…

— Mick Foley

Although I do use some of my psychology training in comedy, but it's more like pop psychology, not a course of treatment…

— Matt Walsh

For me, a good comedy town is filled with people on the verge of a riot. They need something to relieve the…

— Jim Norton

I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what if I…

— Dylan Moran

I come from a very expressive family, so it's really not surprising that we became actors. There was a lot of real-life…

— John Turturro

I think once I found stand-up, it was like, 'Oh... this is so much better than acting! I get to perform but…

— Taylor Tomlinson

The difference between comedians and the general public is that we are meant to be funnier. And when you've got politicians giving…

— Jim Jefferies

I almost exclusively performed at Black comedy shows and Black clubs. Black comics always just gave me the opportunity: 'Hey, you want…

— Matt Rife

I follow the baseball team on the Internet more than I do the football team. Generally you can get a Nebraska game…

— Larry the Cable Guy

I liked doing comedies, but as I got older I was better suited to do Westerns. Because I think it becomes unattractive…

— Joel McCrea

I believe that everyone should be treated as an individual. Women should be treated equally in the right to vote, sure. But…

— Doug Stanhope

Why are men impersonating women funny while women impersonating men are not? It is a matter of gravity. A heavy thing trying…

— Arlene Croce

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

— Ben Kingsley

All of you reading this are loners looking to laugh at another loner which makes you fun loving loners

— Austin Vanpelt

In order to understand comedy, you need to understand what's sad about the world.

— Ayo Edebiri

One of the things that authoritarians hate is the sound of laughter.

— Milo Yiannopoulos

“Laughter is the only thing that cuts trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.”

— Dan Jenkins

I guess my sense of humour leans more towards irony and tongue-in-cheek performance.

— Eliza Scanlen

These jokes the world plays, they're not funny at all.

— David Mitchell

One of the funniest antidotes of all time...you sit there like you're in a comma.

— Archie Bunker

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

— Ken Kesey

I can't imagine saying the same joke for three hours. I don't know how that would work.

— Daniela Bobadilla

And how can you be happy if you don't laugh or appreciate humor?

— Mary L. Trump

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

— J. Tillman

Im not funny, I'm just mean and people think I'm joking

— Ana

I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.

— Olivia Thirlby

“Jesters must tremble in fear at the magnificence of your humor.”

— Tracy Brogan

Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry -- and the world laughs harder.

— Evan Esar