Comedy Quotes · Page 336

Trying to be funny is arguably the least funny thing you can do.

— Romesh Ranganathan

I think I have specialised in comedy movies. And people have liked me in them.

— Lara Dutta

“Laughter between two is sometimes a closer act of love than any other.”

— Oswald Wynd

Present mirth hath present laughter. What's to come is still unsure.

— William Shakespeare

“That’s all right. Better a comedy than a tragedy. At least that way, we get a happy ending, right?”

— Monique Martin

I find comedians to be the biggest cocksuckers, because they don't want people to know how easy it is.

— Gavin McInnes

I'm not a person who can spontaneously say funny things.

— Ashley Williams

Serious work gets done ... in congenial surroundings, which tend to make you laugh.

— Ian McDiarmid

Someone please return my innocent childhood once again; I have forgotten (that/the) laughter with negligence.

— Mak_786

Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, For works may have more with than does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of…

— Alexander Pope

I have an affinity for comedy because I like to watch them. It's an honor to make comedies because I love being…

— John Cho

The worst question people can ask me is, 'How would I describe my brand of comedy?' I just go, 'Funny.' I like…

— Michelle Buteau

At some point, you realize that people might be laughing at your jokes because they're afraid not to laugh.

— Tina Fey

Comedy is free therapy. And if it's done well, the audience and the comic take turns being the doctor as well as…

— Maysoon Zayid

The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be…

— Anonymous

It's that I wasn't suited to do the kind of comedy that these people were coming to hear - mainstream comedy.

— Larry David

You hear that boy laughing?you think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

I don't know how one can differentiate between comedies. A burger is a burger and though it may taste differently in different…

— Javed Jaffrey

For me, it's a purity thing about the joke itself. It's a test of a joke whether or not you do it…

— Jerry Seinfeld

I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke completely at…

— Michael Showalter

Humour is but the faint terrestrial echo of the hideous laughter of the blind mad gods that squat leeringly and sardonically in…

— H. P. Lovecraft

I came home in the afternoon to sleep, and there was this e-mail from Comedy Central saying they were interested in having…

— Lev Yilmaz

Just because I laugh a lot doesn't mean my life is easy. Just because I have a smile on my face everyday…

— Songyujin

I think that if you see that people are laughing, you know they haven't given up hope. You see that people are…

— Lizz Winstead

You had to know a person well to make them laugh like that.

— Cassandra Clare

The best way to become a better stand-up guy is to take a break from it and do other things.

— John Pinette

The one factor that determines how people get along best is a shared sense of humor.

— Ron Mael

I draw the line at filth and crude language. It seems to be an excuse for not being funny.

— Rolf Harris

Through humour, we see in what seems rational, the irrational; in what seems important, the unimportant

— Charlie Chaplin

My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'

— Valerie Azlynn

There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.

— Yakov Smirnoff

Making someone laugh when they're feeling down is one of the best feelings in the world

— Anonymous

I made 'Going Greek', which was a very sort of crappy fraternity comedy that I did back in 2000.

— Justin Zackham

“And I laughed because half of me was happy and half of me wasn't sure what else to do.”

— Sherman Alexie

“This is my heart on CRACK." Robin when she sees Creek”

— Diane J. Reed

Nothing compares to the stomachache you get from laughing with your bestfriends.

— Anonymous

I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.

— Mike Birbiglia

All my work shares a kind of balance between black comedy and sad and despairing melancholy.

— Martin McDonagh

“You don’t have to want to be in a relationship for a little bow-chicka-bow-wow.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout