Comedy Quotes · Page 179

I have to view life comically. It's the only way I could get through it.

— John Pinette

“A huge meringue with polio who drives everywhere in a beautifully restored Hillman Imp.”

— St. John Morris

You'd better get your laugh while you're making your point, or you won't be doing it very long.

— Shel Silverstein

I better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes.

— Felipe Esparza

“My daughter asked if the boogie man was scary. I said, "Not as scary as the boogie woman.”

— Randy Kagan

I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.

— Drew Carey

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

— Chinese Proverbs

It's a lot easier to say you're a comic than a performance artist.

— Paul Reubens

Ask anyone the best part of the classic comedy, 'My Cousin Vinny,' and they'll likely say Mona Lisa Vito.

— Mary Katharine Ham

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

To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that…

— Ambrose Bierce

When we hear jokes against women, and we are asked why we don't laugh at them, the answer is easy, simple, and…

— Naomi Weisstein

Why are we casting all these stand-up comedians to do 'Breaking Bad,' one of the most dramatic TV shows ever?

— Steven Michael Quezada

Instead of letting anxiety run you, try voicing it. Voice it in your comedy. Voice it in a script. Just voice it,…

— Baron Vaughn

“The difference between laughing your head off and shouting your head off is that with one you are happy and with the…

— Siobhan Dowd

Act as if the future of the universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Literally, our show is friendship on display. It's not a written comedy show. It's not a reality show. It's just four friends…

— Joe Gatto

“Laughter! I remember laughter. I did laughter a lot, he thought. These colours spinning around them are matching their mirth, changing from…

— Esme Ellis

“It would be so effen great if the whole world laughed more- the whole world. I don't mean the kind of laughing…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

I want to get a job as someone who names kitchen appliances. Toaster, refrigerator, blender… all you do is say what the…

— Mitch Hedberg

It's really interesting - I wanted to become an actress when I was young because I wanted to do romantic comedy. And…

— Julie Benz

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese…

— Peter Shaffer

I take a lot of pride in managing to be funny without having a victim at the end of my joke. I…

— Ross Mathews

There is a whole genre of funny travel writers - that's very popular. There's Bill Bryson and people who follow that route…

— John Gimlette

People with no sense of humor, I feel so bad for them.

— Janelle James

“Urbino laughed. The Contessa, as usual when it came to things Venetian, was probably right.”

— Edward Sklepowich

I like comedy that's very specific and isn't afraid to lose people through its specificity.

— Josh Gondelman

I always wanted to give comedy a try and I feel Comedy Classes' is the best platform for that.

— Sara Khan

It's vital to keep a sense of humour when the world seems to have suddenly become a very strange place.

— Michael Grant

I'm actually an evil bastard in real life. Fark allows me to vent weirdness. Thank god for that, too.

— Drew Curtis

Nothing's a joke with me. It just all comes out like one.

— Lorrie Moore

When you know someone you can make a little more fun of them without them getting offended.

— Jimmy Kimmel

That place is so behind the times, you can't even get AIDS there yet.

— Doug Stanhope

If you tell the truth about how youre feeling, it becomes funny.

— Larry David

That awkward moment when people think theyre funny but they are just annoying.

— Anonymous

I'm Irish, so I'm messing all the time. Which means, I'm having a laugh. I'm always making jokes.

— Saoirse Ronan

The whole point of growing up is learning to stay on the laughing side.

— Lauren Oliver

My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.

— Jackie Mason

I was always fascinated by the stand-up comedy shows from my childhood.

— Tejaswi Madivada

I have always felt a comedy's story is undercut if you have a villain who is not really menacing.

— Jay Chandrasekhar