Comedy Quotes · Page 210

The fellow who laughs last may laugh best, but he gets the reputation of being very slow-witted.

— Leo Rosten

Reading Alan Zweibel makes me laugh out loud. And yet it is not a particularly funny name.

— Eric Idle

I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film.

— Jessica Raine

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

— Larry King

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

— Edgar Allan Poe

Even in the face of tragedy, human beings need to find a way to laugh. It's normal. It's life.

— Jordan Gavaris

The thing about a sense of humour is that it's not bestowed on the good. It's just randomly dished out.

— Chris Morris

What good it does one to have a hearty, uncontrollable fit of laughter.

— Charlotte Alington Barnard

I think comedy is on an organic upsurge right now because when I started, it was 1978 at The Comedy Store and…

— Bob Saget

I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

“I have a dark sense of humor,' Fanny explained. 'What's that supposed to mean?' asked Honor. 'It means I'm funny once you…

— Allegra Goodman

In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the…

— Robin Williams

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from…

— John Osborne

I'll tell you one thing... no doubt about it, my favorite kind of comedy is talking head comedy. I mean, if it…

— Adam McKay

One doesn't have to resort to cheap imitations of characters or people around you to make others laugh. At least, that is…

— Asrani

In Australia, even the darkest subject matter has a little pinch of humor. A little sweet to make the sour go down.

— Ben Mendelsohn

Foreign audiences are used to seeing Mexico in other sorts of movies. 'Casi divas' is a step toward a more commercially successful…

— Ana Layevska

When you start punishing and censoring comedians, that's a real bad sign of us as Americans losing our First Amendment rights. As…

— Byron Allen

When I was growing up, I was really into comedy. I listened to a lot of comedy albums. I loved Richard Pryor,…

— Tony Rock

I always do that at the end of shows, like a Q&A session. First of all it lets people know that this…

— Joe Rogan

“As someone had said, all you had to do was to keep your insanity under control. You could cry, get worried or…

— Paulo Coelho

Put in every joke that's not a dud and then let's just start pulling the ones that work the least. You're just…

— Jason H. Moore

There's a show on Comedy Central that I love called 'Nathan for You,' which is kind of a reality show, almost a…

— Randall Park

A lot of women do stand-up as a gateway into acting, but I love stand-up, and to be a good stand-up, you…

— Ali Wong

After 20 years of doing comedy, I find dramatic work more challenging.

— Marla Gibbs

I'm actually all for gay marriage. Just the thought of having a man around the house...

— Daniel Tosh

“It's psychologically impossible to hate someone with whom you've laughed.”

— Mel Helitzer

Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we kill. Come, let us kill the spirit of gravity!

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I have always had huge respect for comedians/comediennes. It's because comedy is very hard to portray.

— Samantha Akkineni

I think that there's a fine line between comedy and drama.

— Michael Mosley

I am a comedian and I started in stand-up when I was 22.

— Jenny Slate

My favorite comedians are just presenting an argument, and they're doing it in a funny way.

— Hasan Minhaj

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.

— Edward de Bono

Too much comedy today is vulgar, not clever. I say that as a comedian and as a consumer.

— Mort Sahl

I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.

— Sara Blakely

I really love standup, and I really love writing standup.

— James Acaster

Once you see the effect on the other person, your joke is no longer funny.

— Meg

Some people really just make me laugh. You cant bring me down if you can't reach me.

— Anonymous

At the KFC there's, lot of black people there innit *laughs*

— Thom Yorke

The Internet is a great place to find unconventional comedy that you can't find anywhere else.

— Andy Dick