--- title: "10 Comedy Laugh Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Comedy Laugh quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Comedy Laugh sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/david-alan-basche-23480_because_i-love-comedy-because-i-can-laugh-at-mys_1182613.jpg" --- > [I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. I don't take myself too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-basche/i-love-comedy-because-i-can-laugh-at-myself-i-don-t-take-myself-too/) [David Alan Basche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-basche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/david-alan-basche-23480_because_i-love-comedy-because-i-can-laugh-at-mys_1182613.jpg) > [I love doing comedy - I get a laugh out of it, it's not so serious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-electra/i-love-doing-comedy-i-get-a-laugh-out-of-it-it-s-not-so-serious/) [Carmen Electra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-electra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/carmen-electra-7033_comedy_i-love-doing-comedy-i-get-a-laugh-out-of_1008083.jpg) > [I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. I dont take myself too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-basche/i-love-comedy-because-i-can-laugh-at-myself-i-dont-take-myself-too/) [David Alan Basche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-basche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/david-alan-basche-23480_because-i-can_i-love-comedy-because-i-can-laugh-at-mys_475303.jpg) > [I can find the worst thing in the world funny. My humour is dark. If I'm talking about the worst situations in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slowthai/i-can-find-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-funny-my-humour-is-dark-if-i/) [Slowthai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slowthai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/slowthai-10607_comedy_i-can-find-the-worst-thing-in-the-world_1623537.jpg) > [Not living in fear is a great gift, because certainly these days we do it so much. And do you know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/not-living-in-fear-is-a-great-gift-because-certainly-these-days-we-do/) [Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/stephen-colbert-503_comedy_not-living-in-fear-is-a-great-gift-becau_2248133.jpg) > [“Do you know what I like about comedy? You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you're laughing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/do-you-know-what-i-like-about-comedy-you-can-t-laugh-and-be-afraid-at/) [Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/stephen-colbert-503_comedy_do-you-know-what-i-like-about-comedy-you_1094747.png) > [The first condition for comedy is that if you laugh at your own jokes, others won't laugh. You have to say something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saswata-chatterjee/the-first-condition-for-comedy-is-that-if-you-laugh-at-your-own-jokes/) [Saswata Chatterjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saswata-chatterjee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/saswata-chatterjee-6133_comedy_the-first-condition-for-comedy-is-that-i_2010519.jpg) > [ The ultimate objective \[of comedy\] is to get a laugh, so if you can get a laugh off the fact that you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-regan/the-ultimate-objective-of-comedy-is-to-get-a-laugh-so-if-you-can-get/) [Brian Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-regan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/brian-regan-3918_brain_the-ultimate-objective-of-comedy-is-to-g_1605012.png) > [In fact, I get angry when people laugh at me. I go to the airport and the ground hostess starts laughing at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-lever/in-fact-i-get-angry-when-people-laugh-at-me-i-go-to-the-airport-and/) [Johnny Lever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-lever/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/johnny-lever-7150_angry_in-fact-i-get-angry-when-people-laugh-at_219556.jpg) > [We are a nation that has always gone in for the loud laugh, the wow, the yak, the belly laugh, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/we-are-a-nation-that-has-always-gone-in-for-the-loud-laugh-the-wow/) [James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/james-thurber-1534_actors_we-are-a-nation-that-has-always-gone-in_1511382.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy-laugh/#itemlist", "name": "Comedy Laugh Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. 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