One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
“I chose the San Francisco earthquake because it's very interesting- although maybe that isn't the word you'd have used if you'd actually… — Belinda Hollyer Copy Share Image
“A Provider is not a magician. He cannot wave a magic wand and produce a perfect product—solutions take time and effort to… — Dmytro Zaporozhtsev Copy Share Image
I look to nature because I think the animals are smarter than we are. Animals mate; humans date. There's no dating in… — Adam Ferrara Copy Share Image
I rang the bell of this small bed-and breakfast place, whereupon a lady appeared at an outside window. "What do you want?",… — Chic Murray Copy Share Image
“Now pastor Jón Prímus laughed. Philosophy and theology have no effect on him, much less plain common sense. Impossible to convince this… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“Academics love the semicolon; their hankering after logic demands a division which is more emphatic than a comma, but not quite as… — Victor Klemperer Copy Share Image
At some point you do not need to talk to have a conversation. The conversation exists whether you have it or not.… — Chris Bachelder Copy Share Image
I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“Another field agent raised his hand. "I guess I've slacked off a bit because it seems no matter how many citations we… — Hog Heaven Copy Share Image
I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“You are one of the unfortunate ones whose body decays rapidly in the face of radiation poisoning. You hang your head over… — A.J. Lauer Copy Share Image
I can't be as open on national television as I can when I'm having dinner with friends. But that doesn't mean the… — Matt Lauer Copy Share Image
“Pam was a struggling artist who made everyone's life difficult. She only wore black and after becoming acquainted with her I couldn't… — Bob Smith Copy Share Image
Bryzgalov isn’t just a running comedy act. He’s one of the league’s most thoughtful players and the fact that he offers the… — Ilya Bryzgalov Copy Share Image
“She seemed glad to see me. In fact, she actually said she was glad to see me – a statement no other… — P.G.Wodehouse Copy Share Image
In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are… — Scott Thompson Copy Share Image
“Language-lovers know that there is a word for every fear. Are you afraid of wine? Then you have oenophobia. Tremulous about train… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“While you’re singing something romantic, I can’t get the lyrics to ‘Love and Marriage’ out of my head, and that tune always… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise… — Bill Plympton Copy Share Image
“Margaret looked up at him from where she sat by the window. "Oh, Brother Gregory, what's wrong with your hand" "I'm just… — Judith Merkle Riley Copy Share Image
Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks. 'We spent one night together.' 'You had sex then?' 'No we crocheted a… — Ashley Jeffery Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate that the men I surround myself with in the comedy world are really decent people: men who are very… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I want to speak, show, see, and hear outrageously astute questions and comments. I want to be on the sides of pleasure… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
If you want to discover how to make children laugh - and I truly believe all adults should, because children need laughter… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Being in a smaller environment - sometimes I like that. As a comic, we start off in comedy clubs, and there are… — Sinbad Copy Share Image
“You want to know the story? I'd be happy to tell you. I think I have just enough caloric energy stored up… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Nowhere in the bible did it say, “Only show compassion and empathy to those you can trust.” If we did that, we… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Music is very similar to comedy: It's all about texture, timing, context, vocabulary, performance. When someone's onstage doing a solo, essentially it's… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
“Without hesitation but with a sense of entitlement, he lifted my hand to his lips. He was gentlemen-like in every way... I… — Laura Albright Copy Share Image
“Then what’s this?” She raised her glass of expensive wine, used it to indicate their plush surroundings. His gaze followed her indication… — Monique DeVere Copy Share Image
“I wanted to tell his dad that Nathan was fine the way he was and that he was the one that needed… — C. K. Kelly Martin Copy Share Image
There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I like how much better being on the road makes you at comedy. I like how strong you get on it. What… — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
Being on a comedy tour is like traveling with family, everyone is all having a great time... then all of a sudden… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
“I don't know about this here eternal marriage business. But it seems to me that if you can't live with the sons-of-bitches… — J. Golden Kimball Copy Share Image
“Huh. I'm truly a hopeless case. Here I am, in probably the last few moments of not only my life but possibly… — Phoenix Emrys Copy Share Image
You know what? At the end of the day, funny is funny. I hope to see the end of all the female… — Wendi McLendon-Covey Copy Share Image
