“You must learn to take a joke, Francie, otherwise life will be pretty hard on you.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up. — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I love comedy, because I like making fun of things even though they are dramatic. — Anne Heche Copy Share Image
I can't be alone in saying that humor has gotten me through some hard times in my life. — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I can't help but see things in life through a humorous lens, so anything that comes my way is gonna probably be,… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
Everybody grows up with comedy. I mean, Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just,… — Bassem Youssef Copy Share Image
The dominant type of humor in the '60s was essentially defensive and self-deprecating, using humor as a shield. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
A lot of people are actually surprised when I do open up my mouth and smile a little bit, and crack a… — Tim Kang Copy Share Image
Through comedy I could play someone with... a different physicality or someone much older, or all of these things that I was… — Greta Lee Copy Share Image
Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I'm a really funny person. I love to laugh and… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
Comedy is a very personal thing, as you would know if you've ever told the same joke to two people and had… — Andrew Denton Copy Share Image
It was so much fun to have my very first TV (performance) be the holy grail of comedy, in my opinion. I… — Cheyenne Jackson Copy Share Image
Comedy and drama are different sides of the same coin. And the thing about comedy and drama is about likability. It's about… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I'm focused on the work. And now I've done 'Morris' and 'Mr. Robot,' my appetite is whet to go deeper. It's fun,… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
Not a lot of gay guys end up coming to alt-comedy-ish shows. They like all these '80s shimmer shows, or they like… — Guy Branum Copy Share Image
I've got no dark secrets, I wasn't beaten up, my parents were kind to me and there was a low crime rate… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Unlike typical romantic comedies, Definitely Maybe is not formulaic or predictable and it spans a decade while being set against a political… — Isla Fisher Copy Share Image
We have a conservative government that only thinks in terms of efficiency. They are spending a lot of money on military expenses… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
“If your regime is not strong enough to handle a joke, then you have no regime.” — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I can't find someone funny whom I don't like. Hitler told great jokes. I didn't find it funny at all. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I secrete jokes like the pancreas secretes... whatever the pancreas secretes. — Marshall Brickman Copy Share Image
I grew up watching comedy. It was among all the geeky things that I did. — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I am a fan of whatever makes me laugh my ass off. If it happens to be a Jew joke, then it's… — Alex Borstein Copy Share Image
I'm probably not very good at rom-com, being funny on demand; I'll leave that to the comedians. — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
“My life is like an O Henry story…the funniest girl in the world and the boy who never laughs.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
The French are funny, sex is funny, and comedies are funny, yet no French sex comedies are funny. — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
“...laughter emerges in the realization that all along the original was derived.” — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“Run. Flee. Fuck off. Vanish from my presence and take the foul stench of your sordid secret with you.” — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
