Present mirth hath present laughter. What's to come is still unsure. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
What all my favorite comedians have in common is extraordinary honesty. — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
The goodness of your true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing. — Nathan Fielder Copy Share Image
“He could laugh, though, and there was no bluesman who ever lived who didn't know how to laugh at the craziness of… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
Most comedians I know are quite serious, anxious people who find life rather difficult. As a consequence, they make people laugh. — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort… — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually… — Frank Muir Copy Share Image
“A game?’ Rob spluttered. ‘A bloody game?’ He turned to face his father. ‘This is your bloody fault! I’m living your bloody… — Dougie Brimson Copy Share Image
I don't know what the next frontier is, but good comedy should put its toe into taboo waters. You have to transgress… — John Cho Copy Share Image
I see them turn around to get a second look. You hear a lot of people laugh at you. So what? I… — Deep Roy Copy Share Image
I love doing comedy and I love watching comedy... I'm more inclined to go watch a Seth Rogen film than a serious… — Phoebe Tonkin Copy Share Image
Learn to laugh. Seriousness is a sin, and it is a disease. Laughter has tremendous beauty, a lightness. It will bring lightness… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“It is obvious, by the sounds of the dizzy, hysterical laughter that you start to exhale when you’re an adult and you… — Abigail Tarttelin Copy Share Image
There are people that have only seen me in dramatic stuff and they go, "Oh, I didn't know you could do comedy,"… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
In a dream world, I would love to be a master pastry chef, because it combines something I love doing baking with… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
I've been doing stand-up longer than I've been doing anything. It's just learning how to act on camera, trying to get better… — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
I remember somebody had said to me "What're you doing with a movie like Boiler Room? It's all men and you're a… — Suzanne Todd Copy Share Image
Growing up with Bronx Irish parents during an era of protests against the status quo, I was especially committed to doing the… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
Comedy is a reaction to the world, and I think it really helps to be an outsider. I've always been very interested… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
“You don’t have to want to be in a relationship for a little bow-chicka-bow-wow.” — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
...he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days. — Henry James Copy Share Image
I love the people that can make me laugh even when I don't feel like it. — James Merrow Copy Share Image
All my work shares a kind of balance between black comedy and sad and despairing melancholy. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
Nothing compares to the stomachache you get from laughing with your bestfriends. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I made 'Going Greek', which was a very sort of crappy fraternity comedy that I did back in 2000. — Justin Zackham Copy Share Image
“And I laughed because half of me was happy and half of me wasn't sure what else to do.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I hope we inspire people to laugh at things more, laugh in their own lives. — Melissa Villasenor Copy Share Image
“I don’t use coarse humor, but occasionally I’ll joke about intercourse—between midget siblings.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Transforming a line like that makes it into a belly laugh instead of a laugh against us. — Terence Young Copy Share Image
Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs. — Gabe Kaplan Copy Share Image
I'm always doing comedy and will never hit up a 9-to-5 desk job. — Brandon T. Jackson Copy Share Image
