If something is very, very funny but possibly controversial, if it's truly funny, then it's worth doing. Things aren't worth doing for… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that people who do enjoy my stand-up comedy and the people who get it and the people who are taken… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
Ask me who I think is really good at comedy, it is Akshay Kumar. He has his own niche and makes me… — Arshad Warsi Copy Share Image
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
'The Whole Nine Yards' I liked right away. It was kind of a dark comedy at first. And just the idea of… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
“... she reflects for a moment and then mutters to herself, 'Maybe that shithead’s right? Maybe God does hate Buffalo?” — Dave Lundy Copy Share Image
I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad. — Moon Unit Zappa Copy Share Image
Jimmy Kimmel has proven to be a preeminent voice in comedy, with 15 seasons of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' under his belt and… — Channing Dungey Copy Share Image
I love to write. I'm not necessarily a joke writer, but I think I can find a lot of comedy in humanity,… — Heidi Gardner Copy Share Image
I one hundred percent recognize that comedy is a more narcissistic profession and that I cannot directly improve people's lives the way… — Negin Farsad Copy Share Image
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that… Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. And we laugh,… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
As it is so strangely ordained in this world, what is amusing will turn into being gloomy, if you stand too long… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
No one expects a Broadway musical comedy to be in the vanguard of what is bohemian, raunchy, folkloric, academic or aggressively experimental.… — Margo Jefferson Copy Share Image
When you spend your day writing comedy, particularly with others, the discussion of jokes and how far to push things with a… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
If I had to give my younger self some advice, I think it would be that you have to laugh at things-things… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera. That's more of… — Topher Grace Copy Share Image
When I started watching comedy there was a lot of negativity about women; a lot of comics were spewing out aggressive, violent… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
Finally, the intercom crackles and Hatmitch's acerbic laugh fills the studio. He contains himself just long enough to say, 'And that, my… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
If I'm in a town for very long, usually I'll work out in the comedy club just to keep my chops or… — Ron White Copy Share Image
The audience loves when the comedian talks to them. You're creating inside jokes, which creates a community. — Wendy Liebman Copy Share Image
“For I know that we laughers have a gross cousinship with the most high, and it is this contrast and perpetual quarrel… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
If I do a joke on stage and I feel like the energies a little off, I'll put my pride aside and… — Deon Cole Copy Share Image
As I get older, I do want to add a bit more depth to my comedy. But even if I'm talking about… — Lou Sanders Copy Share Image
If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute -… — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
I'm more one of those people you laugh at and not with. I'm not the one with the jokes, I'm the one… — Brooklyn Decker Copy Share Image
'S.N.L.' has become what it was always trying to make fun of. It's become this big machine. I don't want to be… — Noel Wells Copy Share Image
When we realize finally that we aren't God's given children, we'll understand satire. Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I have always employed humor, and I think it's absolutely crucial that we do because, among other things, humor is the only… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Sarina can be serious at times, but she's also funny. She makes us laugh a lot on the training ground with her… — Alex Greenwood Copy Share Image
You know you're on stage being the life of the party and trying to get laughs, and then, in a lot of… — Artie Lange Copy Share Image
“Get it into your thick head that jokes are just like life. Things that begin badly, end badly. Everything's fine in the… — László Krasznahorkai Copy Share Image
He meant that when people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupils, jailer and prisoners. They become… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
To me, the trick is not how can I make people laugh. It is, how can I make people laugh in a… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them… — Buddy Hackett Copy Share Image
If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
