Be kind to everyone, everyone is going through something

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

— Christopher Fry

“Humor is the most faithful supporting actor in a tragedy. So”

— Herbjørg Wassmo

Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able to take…

— Maz Jobrani

My two souls, the socially conscious one and the lighthearted one, are always in my movies because they find a perfect habitat in my…

— Lina Wertmuller

The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

— Myles Munroe

The locus of the modern struggle with its enemy of death is clearly the body (not mind, society, or the afterworld). The body is…

— Margaret M. Lock

I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break…

— Gaby Hoffmann

Women are brought up to believe you are going to be the better parent and you know what's best. I don't think that's necessarily…

— Jessica Valenti

I think it's true of every great comedy that it's rooted in some dramatic, incredibly personal truth. And it's true of all great drama…

— Lucas Hedges

“A man grows weary of having no lovers but his fingers.”

— George R.R. Martin

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

Worst thing about being sick: loosing your voice so you can't sing without sounding like a dying frog...

— Guardian

You can't cheat comedy. You know, it either is going to be there on the day you capture or it's not.

— Justin Lin

“I’m not even going to ask you where you got that.”

— Mark Mackey