--- title: "13 Comedy Quotes By Lenny Bruce" description: "13 Comedy quotes by Lenny Bruce. Plus more from Lenny Bruce and more Comedy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/lenny-bruce-4320_comedy_all-my-humor-is-based-upon-destruction-a_3182652.jpg" --- > [All my humor is based upon destruction and despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/all-my-humor-is-based-upon-destruction-and-despair/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/lenny-bruce-4320_comedy_all-my-humor-is-based-upon-destruction-a_3182652.jpg) > [The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/the-only-honest-art-form-is-laughter-comedy-you-can-t-fake-it/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92a/lenny-bruce-4320_art_the-only-honest-art-form-is-laughter-com_886820.jpg) > [I'm not a comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/i-m-not-a-comedian-i-m-lenny-bruce/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/lenny-bruce-4320_comedian_i-m-not-a-comedian-i-m-lenny-bruce-22332_2233280.jpg) > [The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/the-role-of-a-comedian-is-to-make-the-audience-laugh-at-a-minimum-of/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/lenny-bruce-4320_audience_the-role-of-a-comedian-is-to-make-the-au_312232.jpg) > [What you end up with is outrageousness without the laugh - comedy as electro shock therapy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/what-you-end-up-with-is-outrageousness-without-the-laugh-comedy-as/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/lenny-bruce-4320_comedy_what-you-end-up-with-is-outrageousness-w_1847291.jpg) > [Every group needs a comedian. A comic who is politically incorrect at the Berkeley campus might slay them at a Klan rally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/every-group-needs-a-comedian-a-comic-who-is-politically-incorrect-at/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/lenny-bruce-4320_berkeley_every-group-needs-a-comedian-a-comic-who_657335.jpg) > [Today's comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an act and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/today-s-comedian-has-a-cross-to-bear-that-he-built-himself-a-comedian/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/lenny-bruce-4320_assuming_today-s-comedian-has-a-cross-to-bear-tha_2983041.jpg) > [The crooks downtown figured out that comedy is like a hammer. It can put up a barn and it can knock down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/the-crooks-downtown-figured-out-that-comedy-is-like-a-hammer-it-can/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/lenny-bruce-4320_barns_the-crooks-downtown-figured-out-that-com_3012037.jpg) > [My only challenge was to tell my truth, man... figure out what I had to say. These days, it's not enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/my-only-challenge-was-to-tell-my-truth-man-figure-out-what-i-had-to/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/lenny-bruce-4320_boost_my-only-challenge-was-to-tell-my-truth-m_1584799.jpg) > [You got to pay your dues to get the joke. Besides, laughter is cheap and very portable. If there's a pogrom, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/you-got-to-pay-your-dues-to-get-the-joke-besides-laughter-is-cheap/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/lenny-bruce-4320_blame_you-got-to-pay-your-dues-to-get-the-joke_2385239.jpg) > [The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/the-only-honest-art-form-is-laughter-comedy-you-can-t-fake-it-try-to/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/lenny-bruce-4320_art_the-only-honest-art-form-is-laughter-com_2953809.jpg) > [All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I’d be standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/all-my-humor-is-based-upon-destruction-and-despair-if-the-whole-world/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/lenny-bruce-4320_despair_all-my-humor-is-based-upon-destruction-a_896522.jpg) > [“The truth is 'what is.' If 'what is' is, you have to sleep eight, ten hours a day, that is the truth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/the-truth-is-what-is-if-what-is-is-you-have-to-sleep-eight-ten-hours/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/lenny-bruce-4320_comedy_the-truth-is-what-is-if-what-is-is-you-h_2663957.jpg) ## Other authors on Comedy - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jim-gaffigan-49756.jpg) Jim Gaffigan 93 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/jim-gaffigan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chris-rock-23583.jpg) Chris Rock 58 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/chris-rock/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bo-burnham-18480.jpg) Bo Burnham 56 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/bo-burnham/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-demetri-martin-28579.jpg) Demetri Martin 54 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/demetri-martin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-newhart-18652.jpg) Bob Newhart 54 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/bob-newhart/) - [Mark Twain 51 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mike-birbiglia-67912.jpg) Mike Birbiglia 50 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/mike-birbiglia/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-hart-56813.jpg) Kevin Hart 48 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/kevin-hart/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tracy-morgan-92052.jpg) Tracy Morgan 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/tracy-morgan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-martin-87330.jpg) Steve Martin 44 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/steve-martin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anthony-jeselnik-14109.jpg) Anthony Jeselnik 44 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/anthony-jeselnik/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-louis-c-k-1150.jpg) Louis C. K 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/louis-c-k/) ## More by Lenny Bruce > [Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/satire-is-tragedy-plus-time-you-give-it-enough-time-the-public-the/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [I am influenced by every second of my waking hour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/i-am-influenced-by-every-second-of-my-waking-hour/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [Never trust a preacher with more than two suits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/never-trust-a-preacher-with-more-than-two-suits/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [I would be with a bunch of Kennedy fans watching the debate, and their comment would be, 'He's really slaughtering Nixon.' Then we would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/i-would-be-with-a-bunch-of-kennedy-fans-watching-the-debate-and-their/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [If you're from New York and you're Catholic, you're still Jewish. If you're from Butte Montana and you're Jewish, you're still goyisch. The Air…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/if-you-re-from-new-york-and-you-re-catholic-you-re-still-jewish-if/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [I think it's about time we gave up religion and got back to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/i-think-it-s-about-time-we-gave-up-religion-and-got-back-to-god/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [Alright, let's admit it, we Jews killed Christ - but it was only for three days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/alright-let-s-admit-it-we-jews-killed-christ-but-it-was-only-for/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [“People are leaving the church and going back to God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/people-are-leaving-the-church-and-going-back-to-god/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [Dig: I'm Jewish. Count Basie's Jewish. Ray Charles is Jewish. Eddie Cantor's goyish. B'nai B'rith is goyish; Hadassah, Jewish. If you live in New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/dig-i-m-jewish-count-basie-s-jewish-ray-charles-is-jewish-eddie/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I'm going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/i-won-t-say-ours-was-a-tough-school-but-we-had-our-own-coroner-we/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [“If you can't say "Fuck" you can't say, "Fuck the government.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/if-you-can-t-say-fuck-you-can-t-say-fuck-the-government/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [“Take away the right to say ‘fuck’ and you take away the right to say ‘fuck the government.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/take-away-the-right-to-say-fuck-and-you-take-away-the-right-to-say/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/the-role-of-a-comedian-is-to-make-the-audience-laugh-at-a-minimum-of/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [If I get busted in New York, the freest city in the world, that will be the end of my career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/if-i-get-busted-in-new-york-the-freest-city-in-the-world-that-will-be/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) > [“Liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/liberals-can-understand-everything-but-people-who-don-t-understand/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/lenny-bruce/#itemlist", "name": "13 Comedy Quotes By Lenny Bruce", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All my humor is based upon destruction and despair.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lenny Bruce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/all-my-humor-is-based-upon-destruction-and-despair/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/lenny-bruce-4320_comedy_all-my-humor-is-based-upon-destruction-a_3182652.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/lenny-bruce-4320_comedy_all-my-humor-is-based-upon-destruction-a_3182652.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/lenny-bruce-4320_comedy_all-my-humor-is-based-upon-destruction-a_3182652.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All my humor is based upon destruction and despair.” — Lenny Bruce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. 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