No matter what town we went to, if there was a comedian…

I grew up in a small town and never went to a Black school.

— Mathew Knowles

It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players

— Anonymous

“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”

— Voltaire

As a young comedian playing the working men's clubs in the 70s, I'd been in awe of Dustin Gee.

— Les Dennis

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

— Anonymous

If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who…

— Jon Richardson

I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over…

— Jo Koy

As an actor, you don't want to know the beginning and end to your character's arc. It makes it more fun. You're not playing…

— Jordan Gavaris

I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and…

— 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

When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies.…

— Brad Williams

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

— Greg Davies

I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure.

— Frank Skinner

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