...without intelligence, there can be no humour.

The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour.

— Brendan Coyle

Intelligence and humour appeals to different communities.

— Rebecca Root

“To give expression to humour, and write in a strain of graceful pleasantry, is the gift of great geniuses. The cleverest character in comedy…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next to shorter…

— Allison Janney

“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.”

— Carla H Krueger

Humour plays a vital part in any 'Bhavai' performance and is seen in plays.

— Pratik Gandhi

Self-deprecating humour is a common form of comedy and it helps get the audience on side because you're being vulnerable.

— Alex Brooker

I love comedy. I love the absurdity of it. I love the kind of intelligence that's required to be dumb in comedy.

— Craig Mazin

Temporary madness may be necessary in some cases, to cleanse and renovate the mind; just as a fit of illness is to carry off…

— Augustus William Hare

Sometimes you feel amazing about life and other times you just feel fat and depressed, so I think it's good to be honest about…

— Marina and the Diamonds

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Three blind mice walk into a pub. But they are unaware of their surroundings, so to derive humour from it would be exploitative.

— Bill Bailey

Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to live and…

— Holbrook Jackson

“Time flies when you grow fangs and fur.”

— Dianna Hardy

“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana