Comedy Quotes · Page 289

My ego and my vanities have nothing to do with comedy.

— Jerry Lewis

Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.

— Mel Brooks

It is in the elements that we found ourselves; even though the elements are not the, same Now.

— Jerril Thomas Abraham

Hardest thing ever?controlling your laughter at serious times 0_o

— Destiny Dreams

“Dresses won't worn out in the wardrobe, but that is not what dresses are designed for.”

— Amit Kalantri

One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Let the other guys do the crybaby stuff. Go for the laughs.

— Rip Torn

“Make requests, not demands. "Please" kill that zombie, honey, I'm out of bullets.”

— Jesse Petersen

We need more intellect and humor back on television, instead of the lowest common denominator of comedy - like the fart joke!

— Eddie Griffin

I don't endorse sex comedies. Even in TV shows, there are many double meaning dialogues and I am not really comfortable doing…

— Kiku Sharda

I'd say any good set or any comedy that I've worked on, that's worked, has been comedians pitching ideas back and forth…

— Amy Poehler

One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.

— Jean de la Bruyere

I would love to do a dramatic comedy. All of that, it all interests me. At some point I want to do…

— Eliza Coupe

I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and…

— Paul Lynde

As with anything that involves emotional pain, comedy isn't too far behind. There's that element of no matter how painful something is…

— Ben Miller

"And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question".

— Stephen R. Donaldson

I know I can elicit a wide range of reactions from audience members. I know I can make people scream with horror…

— Sarah Sherman

I've always thought stand-up comedians were the oral storytellers of our time, because they know rhetoric, they know delivery, they know timing,…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Listen to John Coltrane enough and after two bars, just two bars at any place, and you know that's him. We all…

— Bill Cosby

When I dropped out [from a law school], everybody was disappointed... But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because…

— Demetri Martin

“When you are no longer in the sexual universe – when you are supposedly too old, or too big, or simply no…

— Anonymous

As soon as you start to talk about your own mannerisms, you are screwed. Because if you are aware of your own…

— Steve Carell

Feeling different, feeling alienated, feeling persecuted, feeling that the only way to deal with the world is to laugh - because if…

— Mel Brooks

I like the idea of building the suspense and taking it all the way up to the very last second with the…

— Corey Feldman

I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.

— Maddie Ziegler

Robert Hoffman is kind of infamous for beinga prankster, funny guy.

— Carter Jenkins

Breaking is when someone starts to laugh in the middle of a scene, which is so fun to watch.

— Kaitlin Olson

There is no better taste than this: someone else’s laughter in your mouth.

— Maggie Stiefvater

As a comedian, I am attracted to truths that are uncomfortable. I like funny bummers.

— Adam Conover

Fat jokes aren't relevant, but they're hilarious when you find them.

— Joan Rivers

I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before.

— Neil Patrick Harris

I'm not a racist or misogynist person, but I find these jokes funny, so I say them.

— Daniel Tosh

Bheeshma' is my first full-on comedy and action entertainer since 'Dil.'

— Nithiin

Even in the middle of tragedy, we find moments of humor, moments of tenderness, of simple happiness.

— Josh Holloway

Comedy was an easy choice for me because I didn't have a career.

— Lee Mack

Some of the best ideas I've gotten for my act have come from comedians and not magicians.

— Andrew Mayne

“If flatness were funny, a dinner plate would be hilarious.”

— Walter Moers

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

— Sharon Horgan

My wife's gotten really lazy, or as she calls it, 'pregnant.'

— Jim Gaffigan

“In future, you'll laugh at yourself on some things you do now.”

— Toba Beta