Comedy Quotes · Page 232

Laughter rarely lasts longer than a few seconds, it's true. But how enjoyable those few seconds are.

— David Levithan

I've used my sense of humor as a coping tool. It's gotten me through a lot of challenging times.

— Adam Rippon

“you should learn that life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.”

— Brad Meltzer

In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I don't mind going from sadness to comedy in a split-second or mixing the two up.

— Taika Waititi

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

— Mignon McLaughlin

“I couldn’t stop laughing. I don’t know why. Too much was beyond my control.”

— Roxane Gay

“What would you have? Your gentleness shall force More than your force move us to gentleness.”

— William Shakespeare

My work is still very much light-hearted, positive outlook, laugh at yourself. But it isn't going to be the laugh-a-minute kind of…

— Tom Bodett

Usually, in romantic comedies, you end up sacrificing a great deal of the complexity - you know, just two attractive people and…

— Timothy Olyphant

I love an act that makes fun of the situation, and of course makes fun of yourself. That's important, you can't take…

— Roy Haylock

If your body is 90% water what have you got to drink water all the time for? Why can't you just have…

— Russell Brand

I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get…

— Chris O'Dowd

People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and…

— Christopher Guest

I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But they're also the hardest to convert into comedy…

— Mike Birbiglia

The best comedy and horror feel like they take place in reality. You have a rule or two you are bending or…

— Jordan Peele

I get that racism exists, but it's not a catalyst for my content. I don't need to talk about race to have…

— Kevin Hart

I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which is probably why I've dabbled in comedy…

— Paul Kane

“I started to crawl off; then I remembered my leftover pizza, and I peeled off the salami, pepperoni, and anchovies and placed…

— Duffy Brown

It's already years ago now, but there's that South Korean music artist Psy, who had that hit song and it was a…

— Fred Armisen

When we graduated [ from Cambridge], we were grabbed right into television. I was grabbed straight into the practice of writing comedy.…

— Eric Idle

They all laugh. We all laugh. And it occurs to me that I might be meeting Tobias's true faction. They are not…

— Veronica Roth

Gian Luigi Polidoro and his girlfriend had written this script, it was an American comedy, and they decided I was the guy…

— Brent Spiner

“She had her own barometer for knowing when a man was getting too close: as soon as he felt comfortable enough to…

— Stephanie Bond

Hey, that's life, flick it off if you can't take a joke.

— Neil Gaiman

Don't you think almost anything can be funny? Almost anything.

— Micah Perks

Here's to opening and upward... and to yourself and up with you and up with and up with laughing.

— Anonymous

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

— Kevin Hart

“Deep, hearty, clean and compassionate laughter is vitamin-tastic fuel for the soul.”

— Ethel Russell-Ajisomo

The worst drug of all is seriousness versus humor and pleasure!

— Richard Bandler

“Well, enough of this introspection. It’s depressing, quite frankly.”

— Sol Luckman

I'm always in situations where you can't be funny, and yet I want to do it anyway.

— Tim Heidecker

What I try to do is always get the newest, funniest people in anything.

— Allison Jones

Something about Floridians, man - they are good to me. I'm glad my comedy translates to them.

— Jo Koy

I think I have a good sense of humor, but I don't consider myself funny.

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.

— Flannery O'Connor

everybody fancies they have that rare thing, a sense of humour.

— Olivia Robertson

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

— Jena Malone

I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.

— Vicki Lawrence

In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.

— Patton Oswalt