Comedy Quotes · Page 346

Trying to make strangers laugh is crazy and more than a little narcissistic.

— Chris Hardwick

Some of the best dramatic actors have started in comedy.

— J. B. Smoove

The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven.

— Mark Twain

The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.

— Jean Cocteau

I think I hang out with some pretty witty people, but we're never that funny.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant no matter how good the joke.

— Paulo Coelho

“Times of sadness are the very moment to laugh and laugh greatly.”

— Masaharu Taniguchi

Adult Swim has cornered this really cool market, especially for comedy shows.

— Paul Scheer

When you do stand-up, you're just concerned with trying to leave with some semblance of human dignity at the end of your…

— John Oliver

As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and…

— David Cross

I think the best comedic actors don't play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because…

— Zooey Deschanel

I don't have to change anything. I think that's the secret to comedy. You want to be universal and appeal to everyone.

— Kevin Hart

When you watch a horror movie or you're watching comedy, they're not passive; they are things that you're involved in because they're…

— Leslie Grossman

“Laughter and tears are not separate experiences, with intervals of rest: they rush out together and it is like walking with a…

— Anaïs Nin

Stand-up comedy is what I do, and it's so rewarding. If you write a joke and tell it to an audience of…

— Michael McIntyre

It is important to understand that there is no distinction between comedians and actors. All are actors.

— Suraj Venjaramood

Some comedians really are funnier than others. Some people really are more beautiful than others. But these are true only because of…

— Jonathan Haidt

“Among flippant people the Joke is always assumed to have been made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is…

— C.S. Lewis

Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never…

— Lord Chesterfield

A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference and a longer view and finds…

— Anonymous

I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the…

— Steve Martin

Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties…and the striving for…

— Frank Herbert

“At some point, I figured that it would be more effective and far funnier to embrace the ugliest, most terrifying things in…

— Sarah Silverman

“The biggest myth about comedy is that it’s magical, unknowable, unteachable. Those who subscribe to that myth believe that the world is…

— Anonymous

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.

— Honore de Balzac

The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.

— Emily Post

When I tell a joke, I don't think about who's listening to it. I tell the jokes I think are funny.

— Lee Mack

“MarkBaynard: You know what they say- dying is easy; comedy is hard.”

— Teresa Medeiros

If I find a comedy club where no one's camera works, I'll go.

— Chris Rock

I like to see people laugh who are normally serious.

— Jimmy Fallon

“You laugh like a little child, but you think like a martyr.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The first rule of book club - is that nobody wants to talk about book club.”

— Douglas Lewis

Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny.

— Paula Patton

Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments.

— Josh Billings

Laughter is the real religion. Everything else is just metaphysics.

— Rajneesh

Nothing reveals a man's character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Within the framework of something very dramatic, funny things happen. Organically, from them.

— Gloria Calderon Kellett

“The tears of the world are a constant quantity, the same is true of the laugh.”

— Samuel Beckett

“Laughter isn't a sign of insanity but a shield against it.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

It is true that comedy might not be realistic all the time, but I enjoy doing it.

— Sanjay Mishra