Comedy Quotes · Page 484

Thinking up jokes is easy. The hard part is trying them out on stage, because you never know if they're funny until…

— Emo Philips

“I was also thinking about right here and now, surrounded by you, my friends, and Ava – how laughter in the moment…

— Heather Bowhay

An English philosopher said that whatever is cosmic is also comic. Do the best you can and don't take it so seriously.

— Bernie Glassman

Let me assure you that the humourless as a bunch don't just not know what's funny, they don't know what's serious. They…

— Martin Amis

Laughter serves as a blocking agent. Like a bullet-proof vest, it may help protect you against the ravages of negative emotions that…

— Norman Cousins

It's true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It's a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it…

— Steve Goodier

In every other aspect of their life, we have entertainment that is crafted almost to an individual. So they expect that from…

— Brad Williams

I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if…

— Cameron Dallas

I always stayed away from political commentary. First of all, I didn't feel entitled. What I may feel about a candidate, I'm…

— Bob Newhart

I'm doing a pilot for Comedy Central with the band Steel Panther. They're faux heavy metal. They started as kind of a…

— Brian Posehn

Originally the premise of killing Hitler was fueled by deep traumatic feelings of wishing and fantasizing that if only things had been…

— Gavriel David Rosenfeld

I already have two movies in the can, low-key, which are 'Vincent-N-Roxxy' and 'Keanu' with Key and Peele, which is my first…

— Jason Mitchell

Look, I'll do anything. I wanna do everything. I'll probably do a travel show at some point, I'd love to do some…

— Janelle James

“These people know the reality and laugh at it. Such laughter has little concern with what is funny. It is often bitter…

— Elenore Smith Bowen

“Life is a funny, funny thing. Not the ‘ha-ha’ kind of funny, but an odd kind of funny. The kind of funny…

— Leigh Hershkovich

I never want to cannibalize my act, and I'm really excited that I am going to be able to perform new material.…

— Daniel Tosh

“Why, without a sense of humour, you are blind to so much in the world. To human nature. To the absurdity of…

— Steven Erikson

A pun, though despicable in itself, can be the noblest vehicle of an artistic intention by serving as the abbreviation of a…

— Karl Kraus

Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].

— Fred Armisen

The reality about shooting films is that you can shoot many jokes and decide later which one works. So it's not worth…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

I really get a little bit confused by all this "angry angry angry" talk when all I do is tell jokes and…

— Aaron McGruder

“The key to Lincoln's famous employment of humor is not that he failed to appreciate the tragic aspects of human existence, but…

— Elton Trueblood

When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's…

— Rainbow Rowell

“Then, we all laughed because we knew we could get in trouble for swearing, but the strength of our numbers would prevent…

— Stephen Chbosky

I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

— Robin Williams

When I was doing stand-up, I was about twenty, and I really think that that's a little too young. I didn't have…

— Steve Buscemi

Laughing at fear is one of the best things you can do. When you are afraid, instead of just plunging into panic,…

— Frederick Lenz

There are so many different ways of making people laugh and sometimes you sit down to watch something that everyone says is…

— Limmy

Comedy is one of the few places in entertainment at present where it's good for women to be, as no one is…

— Roisin Conaty

Feminist humor raises consciousness. And the reason it's funny is because it stands something on its head. Goodness knows you've got to…

— Eleanor Smeal

We're all basically decent human beings so if 3,000 people are laughing at a joke then it's worth telling.

— Lee Mack

When they meet a stand-up comic, people sometimes remark: 'That must be the hardest job in the world.' Among comedians, only Freddie…

— Arthur Smith

Accents are funny. It sets me apart from the other girls doing comedy. It gives me more—how do you say?—pop-oo-laaarrrity.

— Sofia Vergara

Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional…

— Chris Rock

“There is an unspoken pact between best friends that stipulates the following: To induce laughter, all you have to do is look…

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney

Comedy is a very lucrative business now, but when everyone first went into it, it didn't make sense from a financial standpoint.

— Jim Gaffigan

I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really…

— James Patterson

I found, especially with stand-up, that if a premise works, you can make the joke work. If a premise doesn't work, you…

— Nick Kroll

If you can think of all the times in your life, some of the happiest times were probably when you were laughing.…

— Bo Burnham

I have some speakers up here, thank God, because last night I didn't have them and I was telling jokes and I…

— Mitch Hedberg