Comedy Quotes · Page 339

If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny.

— Calvin Trillin

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

— Merrie Spaeth

Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.

— Mike Myers

Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.

— Dario Fo

I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.

— Vicki Lawrence

I'm the type of Gal.. Who will burst out laughing at something that happened yesterday...

— Anonymous

If the gods have no sense of humor they must weep a great deal.

— Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

“Even if it's a witty, singing and dancing turd, it's still a turd.”

— Stephen King

I dare anyone to spend 10 years in the laugh-track that is Chuck Lorre's hive of oppression and not suffer some form…

— Charlie Sheen

Pakistan hasn't been cast in the role of... interesting cultural place or, you know, land of great comedians.

— Mohsin Hamid

Stand-up is every man for himself; you learn from hanging out at these clubs and watching other guys, and then trying not…

— Harold Ramis

Just keep making comedy. Make it all the time whether it's your job or not. Consider it like you are already working…

— Megan Ganz

Let's face it, when is it actually ever funny to joke about hitting someone? Never, right? The threat to give someone a…

— Karren Brady

I wouldn't call myself successful, just obsessively exhausted. The music makes me smile, the movies make me feel humbled, and the comedy…

— Vir Das

I drove myself to the Emergency Room. That's a nice relaxing drive. "Noooo, after you. Merge-everybody merge."

— Brian Regan

It's nice if people can finally loosen up a little bit and just go out laugh at silliness. I mean, people take…

— Larry the Cable Guy

I had always drawn, every day as long as I had held a pencil, and just assumed everyone else had too…Art had…

— Noel Fielding

Comedy really is my bread and butter, even when I'm doing a serious character, with the exception of Outcast. I have found…

— Brent Spiner

Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical…

— Bob Odenkirk

I'm not a comedian so I'll probably get crucified for saying this, but I think with a lot of comedy the impetus…

— Justin Timberlake

“For all the clever jokes that could be made here involving "mind" and "matter" there is one sure and certain variation you…

— Patrick E. McLean

The comedy community is fairly supportive of human beings in general. There are some things you can teach with comedy that people…

— Colin Mochrie

“Emotionally immature people often have difficulty engaging in humor in ways that strengthen bonds with others. Instead, they push humor on others,…

— Lindsay C. Gibson

I like - there's a better word for it, but I like the danger that a comic brings to a role. It…

— Todd Phillips

“The day you lose your ability to make me laugh, I’ll know that life isn’t worth living.”

— Paul Pilkington

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

— Anonymous

For me, if I were to be at home in any kind of style, it is more comedy than anything else.

— Rufus Sewell

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

— Virginia Woolf

'You Gotta Have Heart' is one of the most ridiculously perfect, amazing musical comedy songs ever.

— George C. Wolfe

From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.

— Anonymous

People have lost their sense of humor. In former times, we constantly made jokes about different races.

— Clint Eastwood

Wonders if that is snow outside or if Amy Winehouse just sneezed.

— Serenity Karma

Good Humor is the best shield against the darts of satirical raillery

— Charles Simmons

That's what I take pride in in my stand-up, is changing things up. Being special.

— Godfrey

The real mystery isn't what's under the redaction mark, but what's above it

— Anonymous

I think journalism can come from anywhere, and comedy can certainly come from anywhere.

— Adam Pally

Think of the funniest story from your life. Chances are, it was something awful at the time.

— Gina Barreca

“Einstein: “A good joke should not be repeated too often.”

— Anonymous

Comedy is easy. First, people have to fall down. Next, include someone a little hefty. It's a hoot.

— Sarah Kane

Even when low-brow comedy ruled, I ensured my lines were not vulgar.

— Kovai Sarala