Comedy, if it's done well, can reflect the mood of a nation. It can be a mirror to who we are, what… — Brad Stine Copy Share Image
There's a 'Seinfeld' episode, where he talks about why he can't get angry, because his voice rises to a comedic pitch and… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
Taking a night off from comedy to go on a date with someone I'm probably not going to like anyway sounds like… — Michelle Wolf Copy Share Image
The man who tries to be funny is lost. To lose one's naturalness is always to lose the sympathy of your audience. — Harold Lloyd Copy Share Image
“Life is good, dealing with it can be hard, and sometimes the very best thing—no, the only thing—we can do to face… — Bob Carey Copy Share Image
After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
Sometimes there are more tears than laughter, and sometimes there is more laughter than tears, and sometimes you feel so choked you… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get… — Ralph Brown Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about two women falling in love that wasn't hinged on tragedy or that involved some horrible… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
I like doing live stand-up because that's where I started. If you do TV and radio you just send it out into… — Hugh Dennis Copy Share Image
I love the inpatience of New York... You ever had somebody not-ask you for directions, but demand them? You're just innocently walking… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“If we do not laugh, we will cry. Crying will only make us hotter and sweatier. We Jews like to joke about… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I love doing comedy, and that's the thing I will always go back to, really, but I'd love to have the freedom… — Alice Lowe Copy Share Image
“For, ultimately, isn't all laughter only the echo of an original revolt against the almighty: a never-ending scream against the absurdity of… — D.P. Watt Copy Share Image
Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
I can't speak for everyone, but the kind of comedy that makes me laugh are the ones that kind of make me… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
People who have heard of me have heard of me mostly through presenting and asked, 'Why have you gone into comedy?' — Ellie Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm particularly bad at breaking if something's funny. I'm not professional, so I do often laugh, but less at what I do… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, it's the new normal to get divorced - and divorced with children is its own soil rich with land mines. There's… — Catherine Reitman Copy Share Image
I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought that some people… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
“Everyone laughed their heads off, which is not what literally happened but I like the idea of laughing heads becoming detached from… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
I think brilliant stuff comes out of working with limitations. One liners are very limiting, but that's what drew me to them… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
In the early days - especially in a male-dominated industry like comedy - I felt a lot of shame. We're made to… — Esther Povitsky Copy Share Image
Humour breaks down boundaries, it topples our self-importance, it connects people, and because it engages and entertains, it ultimately enlightens. — John Agard Copy Share Image
I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
Humor is not funny. Humor is something else. Funny is a joke, sometimes silly. Comedy is deep and connected to tragedy; comedy… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
Don’t make it sound like I laughed because I was troubled or inconvenienced or put out. I don’t want them to read… — Eiji Aonuma Copy Share Image
The funniest jokes you know aren't from comics but relatives, friends - from your life. That's the funniest stuff. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I don't think stand-up comedy is becoming too serious, in fact, I wish it was. We are still mostly doing frivolous stuff. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
When we left university, in the late '80s, one of the guys had been to the Comedy Store in London, came back… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Billy on the Street' is a persona. It's crafted; it has writers. It's a mixture of performance art and comedy. — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
Even in comedy, you have to be real. It's all about being real. It's how real can you be? That's the challenge.… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
The first obligation I have is to be funny; it's my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing. — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
I think when you get to that point in your life where you're the first to laugh at yourself, you're at the… — Jeannie Mai Copy Share Image
