Comedy Quotes · Page 312

I think comedy is the hardest actual form of writing there is.

— Michael Hirst

I was always interested in being funny and amusing and creating art and comedy.

— Randy Rainbow

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.

— Helen Fielding

To laugh or cry is the most beautiful thing in the world

— Roberto Benigni

It is so funny, Dumb people enjoy the miserable life and Smart people face so tough life.

— Melchor Lim

In reality, there are tons of unrepresented voices that we don't see in comedy.

— Franchesca Ramsey

“Joy was not the raw material of humor . . . The dark source was sorrow.”

— Sid Fleischman

The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.

— Barney Frank

I learned pretty early is I never defend my material; it's for other people to if someone is offended. It's so subjective,…

— Sarah Silverman

“Laughter is the only thing that cuts trouble down to a size where you can talk to it. -- character Billy Clyde…

— Dan Jenkins

To laugh with others is one of life's great pleasures. To be laughed at by others is one of life's great hurts.

— Frank Tyger

Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just…

— David Lynch

“The men who made the joke saw something deep which they could not express except by something silly and emphatic.”

— G.K. Chesterton

I hate being tickled. Sure, it makes me laugh, but when I get tickled, I get pissed off. I'm like a monkey…

— Tara Reid

And hey, it's okay to laugh at yourself sometimes, I do dumb things all the time (haha). But when it get's too…

— Christina Grimmie

“We laughed harder than the humor deserved, which goes to show you no matter your age, you're closer to adolescence than you…

— Lorna Landvik

“For there enters an element of Comedy (in the full sense of that great word) whenever we watch the death or passing…

— Hilaire Belloc

I had a client who just wanted to entertain me the whole time, that is a defense against going deep, in my…

— Kelly Carlin-McCall

I'm not making fun of it because I want to make fun of it. I'm making fun of it so I feel…

— Pete Davidson

I think comedy evolves constantly. I reinvent myself all the time. I always find a way to entertain myself because I truly…

— J. B. Smoove

When people started reading me and talking to me about the work, they didn't say how funny, or how satiric, or how…

— Jules Feiffer

My road to success was a long road to success was a long road. You get out of something what you put…

— Kevin Hart

“Maybe he couldn't understand why we weren't able to laugh yet, but he knew you can't really be strong until you see…

— Ken Kesey

It's very interesting being an artist and a comedian, (because) you aim for jobs that will feed your ego, but when you…

— Chris Gethard

Even the people who do great jokes, [it's] always coming out of a very real place.

— Brett Gelman

It's very rare to be able to do a show where the most important thing is being funny.

— Natasia Demetriou

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.

— Alan Alda

I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

— Mark Gatiss

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

— Moliere

The federal government has never been known for its sense of humor.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Laughter is brightest, in the place here the food is.

— Irish Proverb

Comedy is easy for me, but with drama, I don't know... it's still the Holy Grail.

— Ricky Gervais

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

— Eddie Murphy

Not Going Out's jokes were based on the American mentality in terms of how often the jokes appear.

— Lee Mack

I get so happy when I write a joke. It's a very satisfying, liberating feeling.

— Rita Rudner

“(Not every doctor can look into a mouse's ear without laughing)”

— E.B. White

... a nation without humor is not only sad but dangerous.

— Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever.

— Diana Vreeland

He laughed, and the sound reduced the pain of every sore place on my body to the dullest ache.

— Tammara Webber

Breathing becomes really easy when you're laughing. It kick starts that feeling of joy.

— Erykah Badu