“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If cavemen had known how to laugh, history would have been… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Always remember, you don't stop shitting your pants because you grow old. You grow old because you stop shitting your pants. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. Once you step on stage you're… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
We had a Judeo-Christian ethic hanging around a couple thousand years that didn't help erase racism at all. So the notion of… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the… — Anne Dudley Copy Share Image
I'm going to keep doing the comedy and the art that I do. I'm going to keep uplifting marginalized voices, and I… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
To ease the pain, you have to learn to use what cost your a pain and turn it to a joke that… — Simphiwe Ntuli Copy Share Image
Seahawks beat Cardinals, 58-0. If Patriots beat Texans, 58-0, it will be first time in NFL history there were two 58-0 games… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them—and by laughing at them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech does not mean that you have to agree with everything that a comedian says, but that comedian should have… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
It's hard to really get that excited about movies. Think about it like this: how many good comedy movies come out a… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Some people say Larry the Cable Guy's only successful because he's pandering to the lowest common denominator, blatantly and not ironically exploiting… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
If you'd asked me then if I saw how big 'The Steve Harvey Morning Show' was going to be, I couldn't tell… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
I just like observing people - it's something I've done ever since I was a kid, and I got really good at… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
When you making a piece of comedy entertainment, the audience is a big component there. You do have to end up getting… — Jason H. Moore Copy Share Image
For people that don't know and haven't seen a Bollywood film, you need to go and see one. They give you everything… — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
“Heyday, now that is a funny word ain't it? Part of a heyday is, you don't never know you are having yourself… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and… — Bryan Callen Copy Share Image
I don't like grouper fish. Well, they're okay. They hang around star fish. Because they're grouper fish. — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I don't do plays without jokes anymore. I've retired from those plays. I think it's bad manners to invite people to sit… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
I just watched a ton of comedy and saw a ton of different styles, and eventually you think, 'Oh, yeah, I could… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
“They have no sense of humour whatsoever – even Bunty has a sense of humour compared with our hosts. They have united… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
The thing with physical comedy is that you have to actually try to do the thing you're trying to do - you… — Jessica St. Clair Copy Share Image
A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn't feel so great about… — Barry Crimmins Copy Share Image
Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
The youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into an… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's… — Freddie Highmore Copy Share Image
If a condescending joke is truly funny, make yourself the subject- you will increase the number of people laughing by at least… — Joe Harsel Copy Share Image
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite,… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder trial. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I always wanted my stand-up to feel like not just a show, but like you're hanging out with someone for an hour.… — Pete Davidson Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself an Iranian comedian; I consider myself a comedian who happens to be of Iranian descent. — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
“When Provine studied 1,200 episodes of laughter overheard in public settings, his biggest surprise was finding that speakers laugh more than listeners—about… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
I'd known the Duke of Edinburgh over a period of 40 years, so I'd long been accustomed to his sense of humor. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
For me, most comedy scripts fail in the mechanical playing-out of the setup. They'll pay lip service to a moral lesson or… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that… — Joanna Baillie Copy Share Image
“Comics know that time plus pain equals humor and that we can redeem even awful moments from the past by translating them… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
People have been trained to believe that comedy is the five- and 10-minute segments that you see on TV. But in 10… — John Pinette Copy Share Image
I think jokes are a perfectly viable form of literature. Some critics take issue with me because I make my points and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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