Stand-up comedy is a science. Every comedian is a…

I'm really spectacularly thick in all areas of my life except comedy and science. I'm crap at everything else.

— Ben Miller

I was a psychology major. I think that definitely helps in general life; I enjoy trying to figure out why people are the way…

— Bailey Chase

I started out with a business and psychology major, and then I started doing plays and concentrating more and more on theater. I dropped…

— Linden Ashby

I actually went to the university as a psychology major, and at orientation, they took us around the campus and took us to the…

— Joe Morton

I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes.

— Claire Danes

“In choosing to be a Psychology major, I decided to learn for the joy of learning for the first time in my life. I'd…

— Megan McCafferty

I was a psychology major.

— Benny the Butcher

“I'm psychology major who has no desire to work with people.”

— Megan McCafferty

I had planned to be a psychology major, but I bombed introductory psychology.

— Robert Sternberg

I entered Hofstra University as a psychology major.

— Joe Morton

I wanted to be a counselor or social worker. That's one of the reasons I was a psychology major.

— Mazie Hirono

If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I think that…

— Jim Norton

The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more.

— Greg Davies

At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put…

— Bo Burnham

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you…

— Colin Quinn