It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
When people laugh at a company or say, 'This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard,' you are listening. — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
I loved watching classics such as 'Casablanca' and goofball comedies such as 'How To Murder Your Wife' on WGN-TV. — Richard Roeper Copy Share Image
The straight man has to know to relate to the comic. When I think of the great comedy teams, I think of… — Marty Allen Copy Share Image
I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for… — Kate Flannery Copy Share Image
What is there to say about ChUC other than it's a comedy show done the right way in the right space. Fantastic… — Kyle Kinane Copy Share Image
In the town of Ravella, where I have a house, when the Supreme Court said that an act of sodomy, as they… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
Most people don't know what it's like to stand up there and speak their mind. I have a venue to do that.… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
Humor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing. Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective.… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
When I first came to America, I went into William Morris Endeavor for a meeting and I was like, "Yeah, I'm from… — Rebel Wilson Copy Share Image
“A path. A career. Maybe even...a purpose,” Ariadne said. “Something you can do that you can believe in, that will challenge you,… — Robert J. Crane Copy Share Image
The comedy gods are smiling on me tonight, because I have been saying, for the longest time, that president Bush must set… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Bad movies: they can be tatty classics of crazed ineptitude, like Edward D. Wood's 'Glen or Glenda' and 'Plan 9 from Outer… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
I challenged myself to write/direct a romantic comedy. People trash talk the rom com, but it's one of the oldest cinematic genres,… — Leslye Headland Copy Share Image
“Humor is therapeutic. Even if you have no intention of ever getting up on a stage, learning how to turn negative, painful… — Judy Carter Copy Share Image
So much of a stand-up's life is doing live radio and having to be funny and quick on the spot with these… — Aisha Tyler Copy Share Image
In my career spanning over two decades, I've never felt that comedy is a department everybody can excel in because it's an… — M. S. Narayana Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I think some female comedians are some of the strongest comedians going because they've had to work harder. — Lou Sanders Copy Share Image
Oh, Hello. I'm Eugene Mirman, and I'm here to introduce my special. It's called An Evening of Comedy in a Fake Underground… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
Once I started doing stand-up, everything fell into place. That was when I started acting more; I felt like I'd found my… — Chris D'Elia Copy Share Image
Observational comedy is a bit of dirty phrase to most comedy fanatics, but I think it depends on what the observations are,… — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
I don't watch that much comedy. I think it's professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community. — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
I observe everything around me and when something hits me and it's funny, that's what I talk about. I'm a more observational… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
Laughter is the evidence that we're still here, the proof that our tragedies will not define us forever. Laughter is the language… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, you will be a mile away from him, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With anything you put out there, you're going to offend somebody, but most people get that it's a joke, that I'm playing… — Trevor Moore Copy Share Image
There have always been funny women. But in some ways, it takes a while for there to be women who were watching… — Megan Ganz Copy Share Image
True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
“If there is anything I’ve learned being the mother of many children, it’s that you’d better laugh at yourself, because everyone else… — Chris Jordan Copy Share Image
No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader. — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
“In Ankh-Morpork you can be whoever you want to be and sometimes people laugh and sometimes they clap, and mostly and beautifully,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I am more comfortable doing comedy, and I want to perform comedy. When you can really make someone laugh, that's a healing… — Judy Tenuta Copy Share Image
I think humor is warmer, and wit is colder. Wit is judgment, whereas humor invites some sort of response. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks impressions of old movie actors is funny absolutely cannot be trusted. I think it's like a law of nature. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, stand-up comedy is like acting when the audience are the other characters that I'm acting with. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and… — Mary Tyler Moore Copy Share Image
My deepest fear about doing TV, especially about doing a network comedy, was what if it felt too surface-y? What if it… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
It is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts hamming it… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
