I live in my own place - have never copied anyone even half, and at any master who lacks the grace -… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time thinking about what I do and how it fits into the scheme of things. I won't… — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
Evolution has programmed our brains to find two things particularly interesting, and therefore memorable: jokes and sex - and especially, it seems,… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
My wife happens to be probably the greatest working woman in comedy. I can't think of anyone who even approaches her achievements… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I've always had fun looking forward, seeing where technology is going, and finding interesting ways of applying that to comedy. — Tom Green Copy Share Image
Life's funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to keep laughing, even after you realize that none of your… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
I drink Peet's Coffee, and they're a very authentic company. They don't try to be something that they're not, and I think… — Iliza Shlesinger Copy Share Image
These guys Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer and Bernie Mac claim they're the Kings of Comedy. They may be funny, but… — Rudy Ray Moore Copy Share Image
I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
God made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes; for as laughter enables mirth and surprise to breathe freely, so… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
I think Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have done so much for women in comedy in the sense that they've normalized it.… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
When I did comedy I made fun of myself.If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people looked at me… — Sid Caesar Copy Share Image
I love comedy. I don't approach it any different. I'm not a comedian. I'm not a stand-up. I just do it like… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
The vault above us is not deaf because the universe is an idiot; the silence is not the heartless silence of an… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“In the early 1800s there arose in England a fashion for inhaling nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, after it was discovered that… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I don't know what people are going to think of my stand-up. If you only know me from 'The Price Is Right'… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
I work with a lot of kids. Every year, for the past fifteen years, I work at Comedy Camp where I work… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
You go to any Jay-Z concert, and he plays his hits. Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian. I can't get a spray tan. I can't get a weave. I can't get my teeth done. Can you… — Alan Carr Copy Share Image
Parodies are hard to do well, as is shown by the mediocrity of so many recent attempts. No matter how ripe a… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
Laughter was like a fresh breeze - it cleaned its way through the body making everything feel good. Did other species have… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
To me, even in the most miserable times, I've always found ways to laugh and enjoy myself and time with my family… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life. If Bill Gates… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
There arent many more happier moments in life than when youre laughing so trying to make people laugh yourself To do a… — Mike Wozniak Copy Share Image
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of doing a marital comedy for one of the studios, but I want it to be so painful that it'll… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
The worst thing ever that you have to explain your joke because I was very disappointed trying to explain why the joke… — Bassem Youssef Copy Share Image
“May love to drop things so you’ll pick them up (which is indicative of a growing sense of object permanence — and… — James Gaylord Copy Share Image
I really like to do comedy, and I did comedy the first 2 years after I graduated college, so I really love… — Heather Doerksen Copy Share Image
“I've always found people love you best if you can laugh at your own foolish misfortunes and keep mum about everyone else's” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic… — Matt Lucas Copy Share Image
I love to make people laugh, and I believe that laughter and song are the best way to help young children learn. — GloZell Copy Share Image
“Anytime there's a bad female stand-up somewhere, some dickhead Interblogger will deduce that “women aren't funny.” Using that same math, I can… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
For 'Pariah,' people were surprised Kim Wayans was there, but comedians have a dark streak; they're comedians for a reason. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
“Even though Sean still held my head down I was the only one who thought to ask "Who's driving the boat?" Over… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators. Stand-up comedy is very much a conversation. It's very personal, stylistically. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow! But it means that they have the ability to deal with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I don't think a married couple can go through life without laughs together any more than they can without tears. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Getting on stage doing standup anytime is hard. You never know what you're going to say. You live and die on your… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
