“The way you turn a sad story around, you should be a comedian! You’re the funniest person I know.” — Patricia Williams Copy Share Image
There are many things we can live without but a sense of humor is not one of them! — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
A lot of my comedy is to do with being angry, then finding a way to channel that. — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I've been around comedians that try their bits around you. I hate that. — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it. — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Only one in four jokes ever works, and I still can't predict what people will laugh at. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
“When you are having a really crappy day, and life seems to be kicking your ass, try to force your self to… — L.F. Young Copy Share Image
Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
We started off in improv and sketch comedy, and with improv the most important thing is to listen and make sure you're… — Sal Vulcano Copy Share Image
Ask anyone the best part of the classic comedy, 'My Cousin Vinny,' and they'll likely say Mona Lisa Vito. — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
I hate comics who look at comedy as therapy. But at least it gets things out of my system in a funny… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
If you look at footage of the Newfoundland Regiment, you see they are at rest and giddy and being silly with one… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
But they always just laugh off everything I say, when really I want absolutely nothing more than to destroy the world they… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Six Secrets to Being a Successful Humorist 1. Be scared, unhappy, and an outcast as a kid. 2. Drop out of high… — Bruce McCall Copy Share Image
So, you don't have laughs as a reference point any more, it becomes a bit of a science after that. And the… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Comedy naturally wears itself out - destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
People are clever, but almost no one ever devises an optimal quip precisely at the needed moment. Therefore, virtually all great one-liners… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I used to love, love Steve Martin. I still do... I would get these albums, and I would just listen to them… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
Philosophy is problem-solving. There's a philosophical problem, and then you try to solve it by approaching it from different angles and seeing… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
There was always, along the way in my career, as more and more I made marijuana a part of my act and… — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
