...he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days. — Henry James Copy Share Image
I love the people that can make me laugh even when I don't feel like it. — James Merrow Copy Share Image
It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing. — Nathan Fielder Copy Share Image
What all my favorite comedians have in common is extraordinary honesty. — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
The goodness of your true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
As long as it's not an easy, outdated stereotype and it comes from an interesting or emotionally driven place, then anyone can… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
“WHEN YOU LAUGHING ON A PERSON,SOME PERSON LAUGHING ON YOU .ITS A CIRCLE.THINK BEFORE YOU LAUGHING ON A PERSON.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I still do stand-up is because it was so hard in the beginning that I feel like it… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
You don't really have to say much when your headline is 'Drag Queen Robs Burger King.' Sometimes comedy writes itself. — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
We went to open-mike night at a comedy club called Stanford & Sons and the comics were terrible. My cousin dared me… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to be Doug Stanhope; everybody wants to be Bill Hicks - and those are great people to aim for, but… — Chris Cubas Copy Share Image
A really good stand-up comic is a poet; it's about the use of language. It can be really poetic. And I like… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Pie throwing is kind of a lost art, and although it may be a rather rudimentary, burlesque humor, there's something inherently funny… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“To give expression to humour, and write in a strain of graceful pleasantry, is the gift of great geniuses. The cleverest character… — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
That's one of the things about comedy that annoys me the most from a comedian perspective. Comedy has gotten so segregated. Now… — Michael Che Copy Share Image
It's not that Millennials don't believe some things are serious. We'll make 'It Gets Better' videos or perform comedy for disaster relief.… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
In general, I think there are some things that require time before you can talk about them. Some stuff that happened over… — Negin Farsad Copy Share Image
Ryan Stout, a straight-arrow-looking kind of guy, shocks the crowd into laughter with his inventive interplay between innocence and a jarringly twisted… — Ben Fong-Torres Copy Share Image
I hope I never have to stop acting. I love it. But, I think the coolest thing about acting is working with… — Josh Lawson Copy Share Image
And then, movie-wise, I'm writing a couple of things. They're all comedies. It's the only way I know. I'm also being sent… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
“I decided then and there never to become someone who told jokes when explanations were impossible.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I think the key to working with my husband is that collaboration in comedy is best. — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
Comedy is crowded. There are hundreds of comedians in every place in the world. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Making fun of anyone who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of "lacking ambition." — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Actually, I've been making jokes about the little bones in my hands; they can't handle my own power. — Raquel Pennington Copy Share Image
Comedy and horror are both escapes, and entertainment is a beautiful thing. — Bonnie Aarons Copy Share Image
My background is part of my comedy. Your experiences are where the jokes come from. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
