Comedy Quotes by Carl Reiner

People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who…

— Carl Reiner

I've seen the invention of television and performed on television even before my family owned one.

— Carl Reiner

Going through war and living is a very important process. You realize how vulnerable you are and how lucky you are to be in…

— Carl Reiner

I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"

— Carl Reiner

I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're…

— Carl Reiner

I'm not a believer, I call myself an atheist. It was man who invented God. I once wrote that there are 15 things I…

— Carl Reiner

I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see if I…

— Carl Reiner

Every morning, I would actually look at the obituaries before I had breakfast. And as a joke I said if I was not in…

— Carl Reiner

Writing is the basis of all, because creating something that didn't even exist before is like taking an empty canvass. It is a wonderful…

— Carl Reiner

I only please myself. I figure I'm just one of many people. I'm not that different from anybody else and I don't have great…

— Carl Reiner

You can get the best out of people if they're happy and not worried or not frightened that they're going to make a mistake.

— Carl Reiner

It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.

— Carl Reiner

'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was my labor of love. When asked the best thing I ever did - that was it. I wrote…

— Carl Reiner

My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got from him.…

— Carl Reiner

When you denigrate people, they have two ways to fight back - with their fists and guns, or their mouths. And mouths are seemingly…

— Carl Reiner