Comedy Quotes · Page 296

Foolish: It's all foolish. Life is a farce a stupid, sickening farce played out by fools.

— David Gemmell

Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision

— Bill Sienkiewicz

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.

— Allen Klein

I'm the guy in the crowd making fun of the hero's shirt.

— Seth MacFarlane

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

— Jean Houston

The main thing about doing a comedy is that you spend most of your days really happy and laughing.

— Chris Messina

I, sort of, got into comedy accidentally, and it got bigger than I wanted it to.

— Albert Brooks

I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.

— Gabriel Iglesias

“Throwing a sub at the Apollyon probably wasn't something that should be done in public. But I couldn't help it; I laughed.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

Makeup's just crazy, anyways. Native Americans used to wear it, and it did all right for them until, uh ... well, until…

— Eddie Izzard

I was a terribly quiet, shy child. The comedy thing came when I was at university and I started doing stand-up, which…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

I learned from Roger Rabbit that if you make people laugh, they'll do anything for you - which is almost true.

— Tiffany Haddish

You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what's…

— Elliott Erwitt

If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of…

— Jennifer James

My criteria for doing a television series never changed. I wanted more stability, I wanted more of a sense of family, I…

— Kathryn Bigelow

When we can begin to take our failures nonseriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of…

— Katherine Mansfield

Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap on through 'opinions' and sometimes though ridicule, which is meant…

— Napoleon Hill

Comedy mocks the vanity of visions of rational control. The person who can joke amidst a confrontation with evil, like the quick-witted…

— Peter Leithart

I was open to anything. That doesn't mean I would do anything, it just means I was open to anything. I've met…

— Skylar Astin

You know how hard it's been to write material? Because to do stand-up comedy, it takes time for the material to develop.…

— Maz Jobrani

The timing of comedy is so difficult. You've got to leave room for a laugh, you don't want to kill the laugh,…

— Helen Mirren

Doing [a relationship comedy] with Sam [L. Jackson] was exciting. I've done a lot of comedies with a lot of comedy people.…

— Samuel L. Jackson

We used to get 27, 28 minutes to do a story in, and now they're lucky if they get 18 or 20…

— Dick Van Dyke

My friend and I founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival to counter the negative images of Arabs in media. And we…

— Maysoon Zayid

I love comedy, and I think that's sort of what comes naturally to me.

— Lauren Miller

Most of what's tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience's expectation.

— Adam McKay

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

— Jim Butcher

That awkward moment when you want to laugh in a serious situation.

— Anonymous

“People usually told him the same joke two or three times.”

— Walker Percy

“Freedom from likes and dislikes, the sudden sense of identification, the spirit of comedy.”

— John Cage

“He who has learned how to laugh at himself shall never cease to be entertained.”

— John Powell

I don't see the point of doing comedy unless it comes from pain.

— Simon Amstell

Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.

— Anonymous

Ah, the first rule of public speaking -- always start with a joke.

— Jon Stewart

Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.

— Jasper Carrott

“The world is in trouble because of a few funny sympathetic philosophers”

— M.F. Moonzajer

As a dancer, I was always the physical comedy girl. I love it so much.

— Anne Fletcher

I just love the different rhythm of comedy after having been in a disease-of-the-week kind of show.

— Christina Pickles

This is getting funny, but there ain't nobody laughing.

— Waylon Jennings

I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not.

— Jessica Walter