Comedy Quotes · Page 14

“Cue maniacal laughter.”

— Rainbow Rowell

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— twelvie gang

I don't mean to be funny.

— Yogi Berra

I use humor to educate.

— Ruth Westheimer

Laughter always forgives.

— Martin Amis

“I'm seriously laughing”

— Guy Harduf

I think I'm a funny guy.

— J. D. Martinez

It's a funny old world.

— Margaret Thatcher

My puns are not trivial. They are quadrivial

— James Joyce

“Happiness is a big joke; let us laugh at it loud.”

— Santosh Kalwar

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy.

— Mo Rocca

I come up with my jokes by thinking of a topic.

— Anthony Jeselnik

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

— Wilson Mizner

If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.

— Bette Midler

“Cynisism is humour in ill health.”

— H.G. Wells

Success is the enemy of comedy.

— Jerry Seinfeld

My brain is a factory of punchlines which never stops producing

— Static Flow

I prefer situational or character-based humor to gross-out gags and comedic set pieces.

— Ari Graynor

When you make fun of people just to get a laugh, it can become very dangerous.

— Marky Ramone

I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.

— Michael Landon

I love comedy. That's what I really look forward to doing. Enough of this heavy drama.

— Mariette Hartley

If I can make someone laugh while sending a message, that's the best lesson.

— Josh Blue

I strive for honesty because I think that's where the funniest stuff comes from.

— Romesh Ranganathan

If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that.

— Stephan Pastis

“If someone cracks up, what does that mean? At what point does a person about to fall to pieces say: I'm cracking…

— Doris Lessing

Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion…

— Steven Wright

Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are…

— Robin Williams

I've never eaten a Hot Pocket and then afterwards been, I'm glad I ate that. I'm always like, I'm gonna die.

— Jim Gaffigan

Stand-up is every man for himself; you learn from hanging out at these clubs and watching other guys, and then trying not…

— Harold Ramis

Just keep making comedy. Make it all the time whether it's your job or not. Consider it like you are already working…

— Megan Ganz

Let's face it, when is it actually ever funny to joke about hitting someone? Never, right? The threat to give someone a…

— Karren Brady

I dare anyone to spend 10 years in the laugh-track that is Chuck Lorre's hive of oppression and not suffer some form…

— Charlie Sheen

When I'm driving past the place I used to work, or when I'm driving past the comedy studio where I used to…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I try to be careful not to put the cart before the horse. I try not to create comedy for other comedians…

— Brian Regan

Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that…

— Aziz Ansari

I think that's part of being a comedy writer. You have to be confident. If you're sitting around worrying about, like, oh…

— David Mandel

At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a…

— Eric Idle

“Sincere and unspiteful laughter is mirth, but where is there any mirth in our time, and do people know how to be…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Humor has the tendency to be funny once. If I tell you a joke, we're going to have a big laugh. But…

— Marcel Wanders

Here's the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people…

— Ben Feldman