Humor Quotes · Page 515

Comedy is learning to be funny, and you learn to be funny in small rooms with young audiences.

— Joan Rivers

Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be…

— Jeff Ross

Laughter at oneself is always proof that god has healed us in the touchy places!

— Eugenia Price

“I wasn’t doing any work that day, just catching up on my foot-dangling.”

— Raymond Chandler

As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations.

— John Wells

“To me, the best humor is indeed the ability to laugh at one's self. So I give myself endless opportunities to do…

— Tom Althouse

“It was time for a strong-minded woman to take charge. Abdullah was quite glad that Sophie was one.”

— Diana Wynne Jones

One of the funny things in life to me is a guy who takes himself very seriously.

— Dennis Farina

I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always…

— Alexander Payne

I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust…

— Dennis Miller

I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating,…

— Peter Eisenman

What makes a good family? Well, I suppose obviously love. Love lubricated often I think by humor. I think a family that…

— Stephen Fry

A whole generation was raised to learn about comedy from 'The Simpsons.' To get to be in a booth with Homer and…

— Jonah Hill

“...We find our greatest peace when we embrace something that gives meaning to our lives. Often, it is love for somebody or…

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Comedy is best when it's a reaction to something. When you're talking about a topic, and when your friend says something funny…

— Mark Critch

It’s crazy. Since there have been men and women, there have been funny women... f**king idiot-ass men keep saying that women aren't…

— Andy Samberg

'Damadamm!' is a sweet comedy, and there is always room for watching a feel-good entertainer on Diwali.

— Himesh Reshammiya

“I admitted. If I was going to hallucinate, then at least it was some hot dude instead of something gross.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

It's like cooks don't watch cooking programmes - I suppose maybe comedians don't watch comedy shows.

— Bob Mortimer

I've a track record of successful comedy films spread over more than a decade.

— Govinda

And sometimes you can make your point better with comedy than you can through shouting about it.

— Rachel Parris

“Do you remember—” “Fuck, yes.” Merrick stood. “And if you’re telling this story, I’m getting the bottle.”

— KJ Charles

Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.

— Francoise Sagan

If anything, I've probably tended more toward humor in my writing and veered more toward pleasure in my personal life.

— Jim Goad

It was very serious and I wanted to do something really different so there was this comedy called TOP SECRET.

— Val Kilmer

I know it might be kind of ironic, but I like funny films and documentaries.

— Danny Lloyd

“Why even dictate? Well, like a lot of other dictators, there's one man's opinion I value above all others. Mine.”

— Stephen Colbert

I don't know. I think it's funny! I think it's funny! I go, what? It's so absurd. I'm alone.

— Danny DeVito

What kills comedy is an absence of hard comedy commissions, traditional let's-make-every-line-funny comedy commissions.

— Jamie Demetriou

“The potatoes were starch grenades. The canned carrots were revolting because that is their nature.”

— David Mitchell

Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racing car not called a…

— Steven Wright

It had to be hammered home quite a bit because I didn't see any humour in my life at all.

— Jimmy Carr

“When your past shows up to haunt you, make sure it comes after supper so it doesn't ruin your whole day.”

— Jay Wickre

“There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.”

— Wodehouse

“The thing is you cannot imagine what is going to happen next. If you're imagining it - it's from your imagination.”

— Art Hochberg

I don't really necessarily think I'm a funny guy, but I like the opportunity to take on something that I don't feel…

— Anonymous

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time…

— Scott Adams

“When facing unbeatable odds, just think of yourself as unbeatably odd. (The Hero's Guide to Being a Hero)”

— Christopher Healy

taste is like a sense of humor. I never met a person who didn't think they had one.

— Max D. Adams

When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson