Comedy Quotes · Page 342

If you look at anything, there are always comedic moments.

— Bradley Cooper

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

— Norm MacDonald

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

— Dick Cavett

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

— Quintilian

Comedy always benefits from different points of view and even tension. It can never be satisfied.

— Nahnatchka Khan

I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes.

— Carol Burnett

People write a lot of similar material. That's why I try to come up with the most absurd jokes.

— Daniel Tosh

That awkward moment when everyone is laughing their ass off& you don't know what's going on.

— Anonymous

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried…

— John Cleese

If it's comedy, you taken an absurd comedic notion and you apply it to reality. If it's horror, if it's a thriller,…

— Jordan Peele

Once more the liberal year laughs out O'er richer stores than gems or gold: Once more with harvest song and shout Is…

— John Greenleaf Whittier

I'll never forget how she told us. She took us all out to brunch, and she was like, 'You guys, I'm keeping…

— Amy Schumer

You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away…

— Michael Showalter

On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of…

— Bobby Jones

The majority of my work in games, outside of 'Depression Quest,' has been experimental pushes into comedy games. I think there are…

— Zoe Quinn

William Devane was amazing [ in The Grinder] - that we were able to reinvent an acting legend as a comedy star…

— Rob Lowe

There's something really powerful about comedy. When the little guy, the comedian, punches up towards the big guy, or Trump, exposing him,…

— Randy Rainbow

When I was probably in middle school I saw the mini series Angels in America for the first time and I think…

— Grace Phipps

“Ever notice how amused people are when you point out one of their mannerisms or a funny quirk about them? They start…

— Lesley Arfin

I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever…

— Curtis Armstrong

A lot of times people will have after-parties or try and host an event for comedians, and they misunderstand us. They think…

— Tig Notaro

Like all teenagers in the early '60s, I put down my hockey stick when the Beatles got big and picked up a…

— Rick Moranis

Everybody is different. Some comedy is more musical like Steven Wright. His is a pillar of comedy to me. He invented a…

— Louis C. K

If the first ‘Hangover’ movie were this awful, there never would have been a Part Two. This is a joyless, unfunny mix…

— Mick LaSalle

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

— Catherine Keener

Comedy is not the first choice in Vegas for entertainment.

— Jo Koy

If loose your sense of humor you loose your sense of self

— Kiambi

A joke isn't yours. It's used and you don't know where it's been.

— Ricky Gervais

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best courses for everything ...

— Melchor Lim

Humor is when the joke's on you but hits the other fellow first -- before it boomerangs.

— Langston Hughes

If ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly, it might be of some use.

— Joseph Addison

“He'd never been one for jokes, but of course he'd pick now to get a sense of humor.”

— Kiersten White

There are two kinds of jokes - funny jokes and Jack Benny jokes.

— Fred Allen

“This would be really funny if it weren't happening to me.”

— Sean Keogh

Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.

— Anonymous

I guess the tone of jokes is often, at best, irreverent, but it always comes from a place of deep love.

— John Oliver

What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

— Soren Kierkegaard

A humorous quotation is a little window on the world that gives life a comic twist.

— Gyles Brandreth

Laughter is what spills over the edge of an inspired life.

— Mary Anne Radmacher

I still have a desire to do some sketch comedy. My dream is to be on 'SNL,' to host 'SNL.'

— Selenis Leyva