Comedy Quotes · Page 292

You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature.

— William Rotsler

“The ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.”

— J.K. Rowling

If we couldn't laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.

— Niels Bohr

I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not.

— Lewis Black

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

— John Oliver

Typing 'LOL' when your face has less expression than a brick.

— Anonymous

“TO EAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND VERY PLEASUREABLE THING, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE VERY FRIGHTENING”

— CLAMP

If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I think a lot of people, when they don't quite fit in in the world, use humor to combat that and to…

— Kaya Scodelario

In Physic, things of melancholic hue and quality are used against melancholy, sour against sour, salt to remove salt humors.

— John Milton

You know, actors say, 'There are no bad roles, there are only bad actors.' Well, comedians, because they're also writers, believe that…

— Sam Seder

The truth is really funny. It's uncomfortable sometimes, it's dramatic sometimes, but it's really funny. Life is funny.

— Chris Messina

Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot…

— Rowan Atkinson

“Do you know what I like about comedy? You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you're laughing,…

— Stephen Colbert

Only the pun remains. The pun, beloved of Shakespeare, children and tabloid headline-writers, is normally eschewed in the modern, sophisticated circles in…

— Arthur Smith

If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it…

— Marie Osmond

In standup, it's just you. You're your own writer, your own critic, your own director, and it's never the same. You really…

— Brad Garrett

I had seen some shows at the Groundlings [legendary L.A. improvisational and sketch comedy troupe] and thought, "If I could ever do…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

I'm sure when alternative comedy started, before which - Billy Connolly aside - standup was essentially a person being racist and sexist…

— Nish Kumar

From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of…

— Jason Reitman

People always ask me, Do you ever think you'll wake up one morning and not be funny? That thought would never occur…

— Woody Allen

I'm loud, I'm super comedic about my life, and I always try to look for partners who are the same about theirs,…

— Princess Nokia

What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and…

— Natasha Leggero

I'm a comedian, and I have my share of anxiety and depression; so do most of my friends. My humor tends to…

— Rachel Bloom

There's no great secret or plan, I just think I'm funny and I want to make people laugh.

— Peter Kay

I have a self-deprecating sense of humor, so I knock myself.

— Big Show

I have to do stand-up. I have to do something comedy-involved every day, or else I will lose my mind.

— Pete Davidson

In many ways, not fitting in has been a comedic asset and a comedic resource.

— Jack Dee

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

— Billy Wilder

I tried do stand-up, and I was horrible. And I'll never do it again.

— Sean Hayes

I will never understand how acting childish is supposed to be funny...

— Anonymous

It is fun to see a comedy in which every single joke hasn't been packed into the trailer.

— Elvis Mitchell

Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don't like to joke.

— Wislawa Szymborska

I have never understood people dividing things into dramas and comedies,

— Mike Nichols

I have come to really love the sound of nervous laughter.

— Preet Bharara

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

— Alfred North Whitehead

I think a lot of the romantic comedies need to catch up with what's actually kind of happening.

— Elizabeth Meriwether

Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.

— Wanda Sykes

Even if you know a character really well, there's no formula for what jokes will work and what won't.

— Seth MacFarlane

There's also a certain rhythm to the way Jews talk that might be funny.

— Larry David