When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like talking to myself, answering myself, and laughing at my own jokes. — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
The best stand-up people are willing to be completely transparent in certain ways. — Eva Victor Copy Share Image
Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public, but they itch in public. — Tom Walsh Copy Share Image
I know this is awkward, but when you laugh after almost everything you say, it ends up undermining you. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
Jokes are generally honest. Complete solemnity is always dishonest. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
For me, YouTube was about creating content because I had an interest in beauty and comedy and wanted to find a way… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
A lot of people that are always trying to be funny and "on" and performing are just hiding. It's just a cover… — Manny Montana Copy Share Image
Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
I would love to make lighter entertainments that have you sort of hopping and skipping and jumping out of the theater, but… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
Even with the most stressful situation you can laugh in its face. No one is built to continuously accept the psychological lashes… — Mariana Fulger Copy Share Image
“I thought I was having a fucking stroke," I say as they free me from my coated elastic prison, making them laugh… — Trish Doller Copy Share Image
'When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you. When you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it's… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
I think the premises of my comedy are Cosby-esque, but I don't come out with a sweater. I come out with a… — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
A person who is a comedian does comedy in real life, too. But then there are others, too, who are very good… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
Girls are supposed to be feminine and demure. Comedy isn't about that, so you just have to unlearn it. Certain women are… — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
I've found great virtue in two-thirds of the way into the message; right before I'm really want to nail home a point,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I'm like a bumper car. When I did an infomercial I was fodder for every TV comedy show. I couldn't get a… — Cher Copy Share Image
I would love to do a small indie comedy, like a Wes Anderson movie or, like, an ensemble comedy like 'The Royal… — Jerry Trainor Copy Share Image
I want people to just be paying attention even if they're not necessarily laughing at something, or if it takes them a… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
Even though I have fond feelings for comedy clubs, I enjoy the focus you get in a theater. Comedy clubs are a… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
