“The aim of the joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Keep a sense of humor, that keeps you balanced, and you'll do quite well with it all, I'm sure. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything more scary than being forced into doing stand-up comedy. — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
If you tell a guy you don't like being tickled and he tickles you anyway, that's a red flag. — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when comedians get success, they don't do as much weird stuff as they normally do. — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
riley: give me a romantic comedy any day. rhoan: your jest a girly-girl at heart, arent you? riley: takes one to know… — Keri Arthur Copy Share Image
We sit in a room, laugh, and all come up with comedy situations, which we work out. Sometimes we cross the line,… — Joe Gatto Copy Share Image
Comedy thrives on immediacy and I got fed up waiting months to find out if a radio sketch show was being commissioned. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
When I saw 'The Office' I thought, 'That's it for our type of humour. This has changed comedy for ever.' I loved… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
Stand-up is a very scary, very solitary profession, but you have to experience it to figure out if it's right for you. — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
When I do comedy, my brain sort of locks up in the infinite possibilities. That's where I get sort of lost. I… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
Marshall you're so funny man you should be a comedian god damn unfortunately I am I just hide behind the tears of… — Eminem Copy Share Image
He'd learned his lesson a long time ago: Even in the midst of heartbreak, you could still find yourself laughing. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
and I laugh, I can still laugh, who can't laugh when the whole thing is so ridiculous that only the insane, the… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“How's your humor? What can you do to have more humorous lines to use in the right place at the right time?… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I think we're in a really interesting moment for women globally just in terms of, like, historically, I think we're in an… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes, romantic comedies have to be really broad, and that the plot of people falling in and out of… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
I try my jokes onstage. The only way to really find out if something is going to work is to try it… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
I believe comedy is a really good lens to filter serious issues through. If people are laughing, they don't necessarily realize until… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Lully's machine, Mill's fear and Lasswitz's chaotic library can be the subject of jokes, but they exaggerate a propensity which is common:… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When I first started comedy, before I kind of gained any national prominence, I - in a weird way - went back… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
