When you're doing a comedy and you want to somehow satirise people who are taking themselves seriously, I think the most serious… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
Without sounding pretentious, if you get the emotional truth right, then you're set. Then the funny stuff you can pile on as… — Brett Goldstein Copy Share Image
Good satire is about attacking the powerful, and that tends to be more the purview of the left. Maybe there's something about… — Tom Tomorrow Copy Share Image
When we graduated [ from Cambridge], we were grabbed right into television. I was grabbed straight into the practice of writing comedy.… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
“I wish that, like you, I could have spent my life transported aloft, as it were, every day, in music. Instead, I've… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“I started to crawl off; then I remembered my leftover pizza, and I peeled off the salami, pepperoni, and anchovies and placed… — Duffy Brown Copy Share Image
“What is the stage? It's a place, baby, you know, where people play at being serious, a place where they act comedies.… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
Baby's room should be close enough to your room so that you can hear baby cry, unless you want to get some… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Ingmar Bergman had a great sense of humor, and he had a very special, characteristic laugh that you always recognized - if… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
A couple of months ago, I gave my girlfriend some fancy lingerie, and she actually got mad at me. She said, 'Anthony,… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
Coming up with a funny joke is like falling in love: It can hit you any time, anywhere. Having said that, the… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
“She's under duress," Peaseblossom said. "I don't care if she's under duress, over it, or alongside it," Moth said. "Nothing in this… — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
I get that racism exists, but it's not a catalyst for my content. I don't need to talk about race to have… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
When someone asks you the question 'Are you ticklish' it doesn't matter if you say yes or no, cause they're going to… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
“Four of us,' said Morwen. The cats yowled. 'Yes, I know, and of course you're coming, but you can't carry a bucket… — Patricia C. Wrede Copy Share Image
I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which is probably why I've dabbled in comedy… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
We're now interested in finding those who may attack America and arrest them before they do. We've had over nearly a thousand… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I'd love to do more comedy. It'd just be nice to go into work and not be crying every day. Some broad… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
“You're cute when you babble," he says to my total horror and disgust, because unlike the popular noughties rock band, cute is… — Laura Steven Copy Share Image
“It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“All real estate agents should be put on a decommissioned naval frigate which is then towed out into the deepest part of… — Mil Millington Copy Share Image
“Shigure: "Lemme guess; you lost your temper and yelled at her again, right? You know, you shouldn't do that if you're just… — Natsuki Takaya Copy Share Image
Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how… — Patrice O'Neal Copy Share Image
“I asked "What do you even do with a chimera?" "What wouldn't you do with a chimera?" Jeff asked. "They're like the… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
“People never like to talk about their slower relatives. I got a cousin, twice removed, got webs between his toes, ain't said… — Susan Juby Copy Share Image
“Boric, feeling dizzy and light-headed, shambled toward Randor’s corpse, which was still making an impressive effort to pump blood to Randor’s head.… — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
Once when I was lost I asked a policeman to help me find my parents. I said to him, 'Do you think… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
Society is the picnic certain individuals leave early, the party they fail to enjoy, the musical comedy they find not worth the… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“New Rule: Conspiracy theorists who are claiming that we didn't really kill Bin Laden must be reminded that they didn't think he… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Hope you didn't bring any spiders into the van with you,' Simon put in. 'Hey, I'm thinking we could take you back… — M. Chandler Copy Share Image
“By the end, she cleaned the house so much that she had dust in her eyes and her throat, her knees were… — Prerna Varma Copy Share Image
“The Aunts put their arms about one another so that their faces were cheek to cheek, and from this doublehead they gazed… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
“From Olsen's Nation: "Through the power of our diplomacy, a world that was once divided about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear… — Randy Quarles Copy Share Image
“Neil Mars?! I could blame him for having killer looks but he could not be faulted for this. He couldn’t have chosen… — Rucy Ban Copy Share Image
You don't see a wonderful shot in a comedy. Why? Because they don't want to distract you from what matters, which is… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
“Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre," Tessa pointed out. "No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“God works in mysterious ways, baby, and there is never more evidence of this than when your life is going along fairly… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
The quality of my songs will get through to people. They are good songs. Lyrically, some of them are interesting: there's stories,… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
"I can't believe you recently had a baby. How do you do it?" The baby starts to come down...and once that happens… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“success for me is simply empowerment to realize your humanity and then perhaps you achieve contentment. Wealth, power and fame are trappings… — Joseph V. Angeles Copy Share Image
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