Comedy Quotes · Page 149

Humour is ahead of everything creatively. I think if things aren't humorous, they are just crap.

— Roisin Murphy

“It’s real hard to come off as even slightly superior when you’re living a Tom and Jerry episode.”

— Paul Neilan

I like doing all different types of comedy - stand-up, sketch, movies, TV. I like to try everything.

— Michael Showalter

There is a strength of conviction that can only come from being 100% wrong.

— Stephen Schneider

Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.

— Eminem

I didn't know if I was going to go into acting more, or kind of lean into TV writing or comedy.

— Patti Harrison

Bacon is like the opposite of medicine. It's like, "Take that, Lipitor."

— Jim Gaffigan

The first thing people lose on a diet is their sense of humor. Keep it fun. Keep it light.

— Gunnar Peterson

It's true. Hitler was a vegetarian. Just goes to show, vegetarianism, not always a good thing. Can in some extreme cases lead…

— Bill Bailey

“And then split his own cranium in half. I would like to see you do that yourself Blore. It would take some…

— Lombard Philip Lombard

I started doing stand-up at 16 and I didn't have the life experience to talk about politics or social issues.

— Taylor Tomlinson

I'd love to be able to do a comedy like 'Dr. Strangelove.' I'm not a very serious person. Really, I'm very silly.

— Denis Villeneuve

There is so much competition and content floating around right now, so comedy has to have a lot quirk and heart.

— Varun Sharma

“When people get into their 30s plus "boyfriend" sounds weird...if you really think about it. Instead, I think we should universally start…

— Michelle M. Pillow

People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you, it is no laughing matter. It is really…

— Michelle Pfeiffer

It's hard to program a computer to make jokes. The brain needs to do something here; the brain needs to come up…

— Brian Regan

Amis is acutely, vibrantly sensitive to the different registers of laughter. He knows that it can be the most affirming and uniquely…

— Martin Amis

People basically aren't that racist. They want their laughs. If I make a white guy laugh, he's gonna come see me. He's…

— Chris Rock

I had a teacher once who said, "If you are going to write fiction, you should only read poetry." I have always…

— Sam Lipsyte

I feel that in-person contact with people is the most important thing in comedy. While I'm up on stage, I can actually…

— Bill Cosby

I think if you have a funny thought, and you want to get off a funny point, try to do it as…

— Fred Willard

I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've…

— Paddy Considine

I honestly would tell anyone young to start looking at stories and learning story, because I think that’s the next step after…

— Bob Odenkirk

We are a nation that has always gone in for the loud laugh, the wow, the yak, the belly laugh, and the…

— James Thurber

I am not really funny . I am actually mean and people think that I am joking

— MLY AB

Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.

— Eric Idle

“With right fashion, every female would be a flame.”

— Amit Kalantri

I love doing meta-humor, as long as it doesn't become too distracting and it's subtle.

— Marc Guggenheim

A world is in flames, and you are cracking silly jokes.

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

It is a great rush to come up with a joke that gets a good response from the audience. It's gold!

— Kevin Nealon

For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor.

— Alfred Hitchcock

“Beware the inveterate punster, Doyle, it’s a sure sign of brewing mental disturbance.”

— Mark Frost

If a man falls down and gets up, it's funny. If he falls down and doesn't get up it's not funny.

— Soupy Sales

I think I've kind of carved out a sweet spot for myself by combining science and comedy.

— Simone Giertz

Stand-up is one of the art forms where you don't have to look nice, and I hope it stays that way.

— Roisin Conaty

The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at

— Saul Alinsky

If I had a sense of humor, I'd be laughing right now.

— Christine Feehan

Style and taste do not have anything to do with the other. It's the difference between wit and humor.

— Robert Benton

The kick [of comedy] is to think quickly. It's a great kick.

— Joey Bishop

Never, never tell jokes about a man with easy access to weapons of mass destruction.

— Peter Chernin