Comedy Quotes · Page 24

I'm a sucker for a good sense of humor.

— Spencer Matthews

My experience is to deal with things through humor.

— Michael J. Fox

“Want wisdom? Laugh at yourself.”

— Maggie Bishop

“He who laughs worst, weeps first”

— Paul Haddad

It's so funny whenever things come full circle.

— Swoosie Kurtz

Make me laugh and I just might hand you my heart.

— Anonymous

A joke isn't a joke until someone laughs.

— Michael Crawford

Comedy is king. It has to be.

— Steve Pink

I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.

— Katey Sagal

I was able to read poets that were - allowed me to be humorous without being silly.

— Billy Collins

Why can't we give the American people a break and separate humor from politics?

— Dan Crenshaw

'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.

— Anonymous

“Sometimes I look at my laughter lines and wonder what on earth could have been that funny.”

— Mark Lamprell

“I think there is a difference between comic essays and war reporting, and people can tell that.”

— David Sedaris

Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.

— Josh Billings

Laughter is God's hand on the shoulder of a troubled world.

— Anonymous

If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in…

— Howie Mandel

“Remember that in the midst of that which is most tragic there is always the comic and in the midst that which…

— William Saroyan

I often run teaching down in my standup, but I had some great years, and it's a great job. It represented a…

— Greg Davies

“Your highness, when I said that you are like a stream of bat's piss, I only mean that you shine out like…

— Monty Python

“Government in general, any government anywhere, is a thing of exquisite comicality to a discerning mind.”

— Joseph Conrad

I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There…

— Ricky Gervais

“There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else! It sounds egotistical, but it's actually the…

— Anne Frank

I go out with my mates and after a drink they'll ask, 'How are you a comedian? You're not the funniest among…

— John Bishop

In 1986, I was attacked in the street as I helped Neil Mullarkey from the Comedy Store Players to put up posters.…

— Paul Merton

Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to seek out stuff that…

— Natalie Zea

I think, in a written novel, the way in which you play with the readers' emotion or the way in which you…

— Salman Rushdie

I was definitely not the kid that just wanted to be famous for no reason whatsoever and then happened to find comedy.…

— Bo Burnham

I never consciously got into comedy. It was sort of one of those things where I was a theater student, I was…

— Aasif Mandvi

I don't like the fact that most black people or black comedians have to present themselves in a flamboyant way. It's good…

— Franklyn Ajaye

I joined a campus competition, as I felt I could do comedy, and I won. Then I started doing standup gigs in…

— Ronny Chieng

In those of us who have the mysterious ability to amuse others, it is usually the case that even before we were…

— Steve Allen

All my humor is based upon destruction and despair.

— Lenny Bruce

I don't think comedy will ever die.

— Kevin Hart

For jokes as well as justice come in with speech.

— C. S. Lewis

“All aboard the insanity express it is, then!”

— Jonathan Trueman

Humor is one of the primary tools for liberation.

— Frederick Lenz

My real life is funnier than anything on TV.

— Roseanne Barr

Life's too damn funny for me to explain.

— Don Marquis

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke

— Brendan Behan