Comedians can't afford to get too comfortable; we need…

A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.

— Vladimir Putin

I've reached a stage and an age in my career where I need to do work that keeps me economically and emotionally comfortable. And…

— Victor Banerjee

I am up there onstage alone with that guitar. I don't have to consider no one else and whether they are comfortable. I need…

— Lauryn Hill

Comedians have to challenge the power. Comedians should be dangerous and devastating - and funny. That's the hardest part.

— Mort Sahl

For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be…

— Tatiana Maslany

Successful comedians are just as neurotic as I am.

— Josh Widdicombe

Oftentimes, the funniest comedians are people who've gone through personal torment.

— Cole Sprouse

I'd say Jon Stewart has remained funny the entire time. Jon always makes it funny first. And he's just, he's talking about serious things,…

— Norm MacDonald

A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of…

— Carly Craig

At comedy festivals, we always get grouped with other musical comedians, so you can get to know them and see what everyone is doing.…

— Kate Micucci

There's a fallacy with stand up comedy, which is, people come up to comedians, and they go, 'You say what I think but I'm…

— Jim Jefferies

My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary…

— Pauly Shore

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

“Comedians and artists are some of the loneliest, self-destructive people on the planet. If you enjoy what they produce, take the time to appreciate…

— Roz Inga