Comedy Quotes · Page 248

“Life is sometimes hard, and you have to laugh your way through it.”

— Mabele Simmons Tyler Perry Don't Make A Black Woman Take of Her Earrings

I don't watch a lot of other people's parodies because I don't want to be unduly influenced.

— Al Yankovic

My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.

— Harland Williams

Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth.

— Stan Laurel

“You might as well laugh at yourself, everyone else is.”

— BJ Neblett

Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad person.

— Peter Steele

Ever notice that phrenologists have funny-shaped heads?

— Anonymous

The last thing I want to do is use my comedy as a partisan tool or as a method for preaching.

— Armando Iannucci

These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the…

— Barack Obama

Outside of performing, (a comedian) is someone who is analyzing life, thinking about it and trying to be observing so much. In…

— Chris Gethard

I wouldn't want people to laugh at me. That's why I have to give all that I can, and at least produce…

— Zhao Wei

I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable…

— Warwick Davis

I feel like we have so many different ways to express ourselves now, and I relish, I feel very lucky to be…

— Nick Kroll

The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I…

— Ricky Gervais

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems…

— Jerome K. Jerome

I'd like to start trying different fields of work. I don't want to be stuck in just comedy, and I'd be interested…

— Nick Robinson

I really like people who can do both drama and comedy and not some like middle of the road do both drama…

— James Gunn

When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people…

— Jeff Dunham

Growing up, I would use comedy as a kind of defence mechanism - you know, I'm going to call myself a nasty…

— Asim Chaudhry

I saw Hulk Hogan the other day in a parking lot, and I couldn't tell from a distance if it was Hulk…

— Kyle Cease

If you look at the films that I've done generally, you would probably get an idea of what I'm most interested in,…

— Guy Pearce

I think when people talk about lighter drama, they tend to use that term, not derogatorily, but 'lighter' means sort of less…

— Bruno Heller

We were really fortunate to work [on Pineapple Express] with a studio that was really supportive of these guys. It was before…

— Seth Rogen

This is something that the nimblest standup comedians learn, over time, to handle gracefully. They'll go between prepared material, then they'll respond…

— John Hodgman

I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

— Sacha Baron Cohen

I don't mind being the butt of the joke... It doesn't really bother me. I quite enjoy it.

— Ryan Seacrest

Laugh at the mistakes of others if you can laugh at your own mistakes too.

— Senoraroy

Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.

— Sam Kinison

Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.

— Tracy Morgan

“William James said, ‘We don’t laugh because we are happy. We are happy because we laugh.”

— Robin S. Sharma

I wanted to be funny. And I'm always acknowledged for my pranks and jokes nowadays.

— Steve Wozniak

There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's sacred.

— Adam McKay

My areas of expertise are acting, comedy, radio jockeying.

— Aparshakti Khurana

Working with Lucille Ball was just a master class in how to do comedy.

— Tim Matheson

Comedy kind of terrifies me. I feel pretty intimidated.

— Lucy Boynton

As a comedian, you see all parts of the country because you play there.

— W. Kamau Bell

The public knows me through my life, which is not comical. But I feel very at home in comedy.

— Dana Reeve

If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid.

— Eddie Izzard

If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.

— Roger Moore

Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.

— Alexander Pope