Comedy Quotes · Page 157

People write a lot of similar material. That's why I try to come up with the most absurd jokes.

— Daniel Tosh

Comedy always benefits from different points of view and even tension. It can never be satisfied.

— Nahnatchka Khan

I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes.

— Carol Burnett

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

— Quintilian

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

— Dick Cavett

Where I cannot satisfy my reason, I love to humour my fancy.

— Thomas Browne

I find comedy to be one of the highest of the art forms.

— Taylor Momsen

Laughing together heartily at the same thing forms an instant bond.

— Liz Curtis Higgs

'The Dice Man' is an anti-establishment cult novel, and you don't normally make studio films from such dark comedy material.

— Luke Rhinehart

If you ask me right now, you've seen the last of Mind of Mencia. I don't want to be a one-trick pony.…

— Carlos Mencia

Here I saw, with my own eyes, that laughter was the most terrible weapon: you can kill anything with laughter - even…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

From being a young kid I was always drawing and painting, usually stuff like private parts or bloody images but always with…

— Tom Six

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those I love, I can: all of…

— W. H. Auden

As for making video comedy, pretty much anyone can do it. When I got started, I just filmed it with my webcam…

— Simone Giertz

I typically start out almost every speech I give making some kind of joke about me being in a wheelchair.

— Greg Abbott

When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.

— Johnny Carson

I grew up loving David Letterman and Pee-wee Herman, but as far as live performance comedy, all I knew were the Jerry…

— Scott Aukerman

“It always pisses me off when I’m calling in to some Morning Zoo radio show to promote God-only-knows what—probably this book, so…

— Kathy Griffin

Few years ago [Donald] Trump was being roasted by Comedy Central. They always have rules about things that you can't joke about.…

— Ben Domenech

“Life makes fools of us all sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to…

— Paul Murray

People really have come for a dialogue when they go to a stand-up show in the U.K. They say, 'I understand that…

— John Oliver

Everyone has been in a social situation where you say something and it goes unnoticed, then someone else says the same thing…

— Sloane Crosley

People at shows have told me that they've shown my videos to their parents and families to help them come out of…

— Margaret Cho

Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the…

— Ari Graynor

Laughter is the best way to release tensions and fears.

— Dick Gregory

A humorous quotation is a little window on the world that gives life a comic twist.

— Gyles Brandreth

Laughter is what spills over the edge of an inspired life.

— Mary Anne Radmacher

I still have a desire to do some sketch comedy. My dream is to be on 'SNL,' to host 'SNL.'

— Selenis Leyva

The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies.

— Maureen O'Hara

What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

— Soren Kierkegaard

“This would be really funny if it weren't happening to me.”

— Sean Keogh

Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.

— Anonymous

I guess the tone of jokes is often, at best, irreverent, but it always comes from a place of deep love.

— John Oliver

There are two kinds of jokes - funny jokes and Jack Benny jokes.

— Fred Allen

“He'd never been one for jokes, but of course he'd pick now to get a sense of humor.”

— Kiersten White

That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny.

— Michael Jai White

There's a difference between delivering real funny and just silly funny.

— Lil Rel Howery

Most comedies are really hard to write, or to watch, because you kind of generally know what's coming.

— Steve Martin

Really hard laughs, they've gotta make you live longer or something.

— Ben Falcone

I would like to have a bit of a break and do a comedy.

— Ridley Scott