Comedy Quotes · Page 212

I'm so beyond genre, drama, comedies, I just want to do really good, interesting projects.

— Patton Oswalt

I'm a comedian who happens to be Muslim; my comedy stems on all forms of my identity.

— Riaad Moosa

When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening.

— David Sedaris

I like people who can and like to make fun of themselves!

— Victoria Justice

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.

— Margaret Atwood

Laughter truly is the best medicine. Aside from marijuana of course.

— Anonymous

Comedies are often half-hour programs and then drama and action series are often an hour.

— Lucy Lawless

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.

— Mel Brooks

I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film…

— James Franco

That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it…

— Mary Astell

I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedians…

— Demetri Martin

There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.

— Criss Jami

We did sketch comedy, performed live improv, and then we made the transition to TV with 'Impractical Jokers.'

— Joe Gatto

I'm happy and feel myself to be fortunate that I've been gifted with this art of comedy, where I can make people…

— Sunil Grover

Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get…

— Maz Jobrani

I think a sense of humor vital to get through life: It's a great link between people and can be very effective…

— Rita Tushingham

As an ex-stand up, I can tell you that a comedy club isn't a place you go looking to get the abuse…

— John Ridley

You get dinged for wanting to do a comedy, then wanting to do a big-budget action film, and then wanting to do…

— Nicolas Cage

PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY: 1. If a person laughs too much, even at stupid things, he is lonely deep inside.. 2. If a person…

— Reynold

Nine-tenths of the value of a sense of humor in writing is not in the things it makes one write but in…

— Robert Benchley

Look, I'll do anything. I wanna do everything. I'll probably do a travel show at some point, I'd love to do some…

— Janelle James

“Life is a funny, funny thing. Not the ‘ha-ha’ kind of funny, but an odd kind of funny. The kind of funny…

— Leigh Hershkovich

“These people know the reality and laugh at it. Such laughter has little concern with what is funny. It is often bitter…

— Elenore Smith Bowen

“People often say that the English are very cold fish, very reserved, that they have a way of looking at things –…

— Michel Houellebecq

I am a jolly person. I love to laugh and make people laugh all the time.

— Binnu Dhillon

If I find something funny and make an older woman laugh, I love that for some reason.

— Nathan Fielder

A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it’s the only weapon we have.

— Anonymous

I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.

— Pat Conroy

If you can laugh at your mistakes, it's a good thing.

— Ozzy Osbourne

One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.

— Bob Newhart

Joking about someone's weakness is not a crime but it's the attitude

— Winnie Tara

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable.

— Rick Moody

Let's leave it all alone. I'm stupidest when I try to be funny.

— Al Swearengen

I don't think of myself as being funny. But life takes strange turns.

— Frank Gorshin

I know some of the best Dolly Parton jokes. I made 'em up myself.

— Dolly Parton

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.

— Al Franken

I think it's really important to have a sense of humor.

— Chelsea Martin

Did the Order return your sense of humor as part of the severance package?

— Ilona Andrews

The joke is the purest, most essential form of storytelling. Every word has to count.

— Paul Auster

Chris Guest is the godfather of improvisational comedy.

— Tom Bennett