I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not… — Michelle Gomez Copy Share Image
The Hayemaker is a dangerous fellow who, when the bell rings, is on a seek and destroy mission, by any means necessary.… — David Haye Copy Share Image
Start and finish your day with laughter, and you will see, by and by, in between these two more and more laughter… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Making comedies, you end up knowing people that you would swear would be the funnest people ever in the whole world. And… — Nancy Juvonen Copy Share Image
The people who fear humor - and they are many - are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights,… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I'm happy and feel myself to be fortunate that I've been gifted with this art of comedy, where I can make people… — Sunil Grover Copy Share Image
Sometimes if I really want to get someone's attention, I'll start a sentence with something like, "I'm not racist, but..." I say,… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I started doing comedy just as myself, because I thought, "This is what's expected, you're meant to tell stories and do observations."… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
I have a very high respect for professional comedians. What they do astonishes me. You have to be really smart and absorb… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
My point of view comes more from the literature I've read and the comedy of the era. When I was a kid,… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I've always been leery of comical artists because I think oftentimes they're hiding the fact that they're not that talented. For example,… — Diego Cortez Copy Share Image
The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There's no better sight than when I look out from the speaker's rostrum and see a group of Republicans and Democrats who… — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
Nothing's true that I say, because I don't really want to say anything. I don't think my life's that cool, and I… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedians… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
We did sketch comedy, performed live improv, and then we made the transition to TV with 'Impractical Jokers.' — Joe Gatto Copy Share Image
There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
'Lakshya' is a different genre of movie. While 'Dil Chahta Hai' could be categorised as a romantic comedy, this is a war… — Farhan Akhtar Copy Share Image
I think a sense of humor vital to get through life: It's a great link between people and can be very effective… — Rita Tushingham Copy Share Image
Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
I dropped out of school when I was 14 and I was hanging out with comedians in their thirties. I moved out… — Mae Martin Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to more than I'm allowed to do or asked to do, or probably should do. My whole career has been… — Steve Pink Copy Share Image
I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches. — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Well, you know, I feel like it's about a lot of things. The reason that I made it was because I thought… — Danny DeVito Copy Share Image
I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured.… — Flip Wilson Copy Share Image
Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does,… — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
When you're coming up with your philosophy and approach to performing comedy, you take special note of the things you disagree with… — Andy Daly Copy Share Image
If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about becoming a stand-up, one of the great things about becoming a stand-up, is you realise you… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic… — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
The people who must never have power are the humorless. To impossible certainties of rectitude they ally tedium and uniformity — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
That's why my ires always come comedic in a way because - can I just say something? See, I sound like such… — Garry Marshall Copy Share Image
Don't be serious about seriousness. Laugh about it, be a little foolish. Don't condemn foolishness; it has its own beauties. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
My kind of wanting to be funny didn't come from need, necessarily. The closest I can analyze it is that it was… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage… — Penelope Wilton Copy Share Image
Today, in my career, I'm doing what I love to do. And that is, do things for the fun - do comedy.… — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
