“But the question drowns in it's futility And even I have got to laugh at me” — Emily Saliers Copy Share Image
Comedy breaks down walls. It frees us for just a moment from the ugliness of this world. — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
The humor is the sort born of ironic necessity; they use it to salve the wounds in insensitity. — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
I'm always happy to pitch in and do something. Everybody needs to be laughing a little. — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
What we may think is funny or cute may end up being powerfully hurtful. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You're running to be prime minister - it's hard to be the person who makes jokes. — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
It's nice to think people might be talking about it after they've seen it. With some comedies it's a bit 'wham bam… — Alice Lowe Copy Share Image
I'm somebody who can laugh even at myself. That happens now and again, when I've made a mess of really simple things. — Eden Hazard Copy Share Image
I always had an idea of how Five should be and it was very funny to entertain that idea when I got… — Aidan Gallagher Copy Share Image
I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I don't know if I have actually good comedic timing. But I don't think I've worked at any timing. I think timing… — Mary McCormack Copy Share Image
I realized, dumb people don't know they're dumb. When people try to make me laugh and they try to be funny, that's… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to. — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I mean, I'm from the Joan Rivers, Don Rickles kind of old-school comedy in that nothing is off the table, certainly not… — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
I'd probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I think right now there's more TV shows than ever. You've got network, you've got cable, you've got Netflix, you've got Hulu,… — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
To me, Fight Club was a comedy. When [David] Fincher sent me the book and I read it, the first thing I… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I got into musical comedy because of Shakespeare, not because of singing. They needed someone to understudy Richard Burton. I was also… — John Cullum Copy Share Image
A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
You will find this hard to believe, but I've never laughed as much as I did when I was a corporate lawyer.… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
My first summer in college, I interned for Arena Stage in D.C. and taught a disastrous class on standup comedy to middle… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image