Comedy Quotes · Page 276

She [Comedy] it is who proposes the correcting of pretentiousness, of inflation, of dulness, and of the vestiges of rawness and grossness…

— George Meredith

It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.

— Elvis Costello

I remember reading Dave Barry for the first time and being like oh my God I can't believe you can do this.…

— Nicholas Stoller

More than an adult comedy, 'Great Grand Masti' is a naughty horror comedy, more on the lines of 'Masti.'

— Urvashi Rautela

I'm going to keep doing the comedy and the art that I do. I'm going to keep uplifting marginalized voices, and I…

— Phoebe Robinson

My philosophy is that if you're playing a moment truthfully, that it's a funny moment, then hopefully it will be funny. I…

— Peter Vack

I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.

— Martha Graham

I've been fortunate in that the films I've worked on in the horror genre are themselves not pure horror, and have allowed…

— Douglas Pipes

“A lot of people come up here and they thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one…

— Kathy Griffin

Working on 'Comedy Bang Bang,' we're there from 10-7, and that's a pretty light day compared to most other TV shows. Other…

— Scott Aukerman

It's weird with stand-up comedy. It doesn't really translate worldwide. I want to figure out how do I make it worldwide. Do…

— Chris Rock

I guess there are no real strict rules [in comedy], but I just learn to apply my philosophy about comedy which is,…

— Christoph Waltz

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these…

— Mel Brooks

“A few people have ventured to imitate Shakespeare's tragedy. But no audacious spirit has dreamed or dared to imitate Shakespeare's comedy. No…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Among all the machines, motorcar is my favorite machine.”

— Amit Kalantri

I kind of thought that stand-up comedy would suffer from the Internet because people seem to know more about the craft of…

— Jerry Seinfeld

When people try to say sorry, I reply with spit from an alpaca.

— Logan Fitzgerald

I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.

— Anonymous

A lot of people say that comedy doesnt travel well. I found it very accessible.

— Mark Addy

I knew I didn't want to be a doctor but didn't know what I wanted to do. I prayed, and all I…

— Yvonne Orji

I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets…

— Chris Hardwick

Steven Alan Green is ONE funny writer ---- Everything I read of yours makes me laugh and think - Not just the…

— Taylor Negron

'Veerey Ki Wedding' is a comedy of errors in more ways than one. It's one of those basic, perky comedies. We're not…

— Kriti Kharbanda

The Duplass brothers do that so well - that very simple, very horrifically awkward comedy.

— Timothy Simons

Anything that is not funny at a certain point will be funny.

— Robin Williams