Comedy Quotes · Page 314

“You are paralyzed by the fact that cruelty is often amusing.”

— Douglas Coupland

“Silliness is the perfect spice on any personality.”

— Jury Nel

I make fun of a lot of stuff I shouldn't make fun of.

— Bob the Drag Queen

Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry.

— Milan Kundera

Melissa and I both say we don't write very good jokes.

— Ben Falcone

If we didn't have humor in our life, we would be depressed.

— Anthony Barger

The glass is always half empty. All good comedians are manic-depressive.

— Joan Rivers

Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all.

— Henny Youngman

It's so easy to judge everybody and for some reason extra weight is the one thing everything feels OK to joke about.

— Caroline Rhea

“Things stop being funny if you have to explain them to people, especially if they need excellent attention spans.”

— Santosh Kalwar

In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was…

— Jemaine Clement

“The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasized, is…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be…

— Jessie Cave

“There's a lot of humiliation in living, but that's okay, for if the gods are always laughing, then surely at times they…

— J. Andrew Schrecker

I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.

— Penn Jillette

I don't believe in God, so I'd say that laughter is one of the only true weapons for fighting against real darkness,…

— David Baddiel

And then after the success at Melbourne Comedy Festival, then we regrouped back in LA and we went back into workshopping and…

— Brian Henson

I don't think comedy really does change people's minds; I think you can only get someone who is almost ready to change…

— Jim Jefferies

I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over…

— Felipe Esparza

My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind!…

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

Why does that pharmacist have to be two and a half feet higher than everybody else? Who the hell is this guy?…

— Jerry Seinfeld

Every comic will tell you that a lot of crowds play differently to different social commentary. Some people are really uptight about…

— Andrew Santino

"Hi. You know with everything going down in West Palm Beach, and the holidays right around the corner I couldn't think of…

— Bill Maher

I set out to become a comedian, and I said in order to do that the first thing I'll do is become…

— George Carlin

Comedy has changed with the times, thank God - slowly, oh my lord, slowly - but it has.

— Catherine O'Hara

Being Tickled... Is Like Being Raped But You Are Forced To Laugh.

— Pacifiersucker

We have to laugh at how hard life can be and how screwed up we can be at times.

— Brett Gelman

Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot.

— Peter Jennings

Fleabag' is its own genre. It isn't comedy. It isn't drama. It isn't even tragi-comedy.

— Sian Clifford

I want to recriminalise homosexuality, so i can feel dirty when i do it.

— Jack Handey

I'm always having a laugh, whether it's the right time or the wrong time.

— Sam Kerr

I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor.

— Kenya Barris

People feel that drama is more important. Dramas always earn more honors than comedy.

— Letty Aronson

Everything is funnier when you're told to be silent.

— Katie Grabil

He smiles but rarely and watches other men to see when they laugh and then does the same.

— Susanna Clarke

Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward.

— Cary Grant

Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.

— Matt Groening

Humor is the only thing that allows you to survive every pressure and crisis.

— Vinton Cerf

I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out.

— Margaret Cho

“Hi Maggie, it's nice to see you again,' he said, smiling so sweetly I thought I might need insulin.”

— Molly Harper