Comedy Quotes · Page 263

Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.

— Aristotle

Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but thyself.

— Rabindranath Tagore

If I book a hotel it's actually very funny. It's very nice to be a genuine Mr Smith.

— Robert Smith

In order to be able to write a good joke, you have to find the truth.

— Roseanne Barr

I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.

— Laura Benanti

Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.

— Pierce Brosnan

“It’s more habit than stupidity when I laugh at these things. I laugh at them to stay a sane man.”

— Terry Brooks

Sometimes the best way to make 'em laugh is to show 'em how you honestly feel.

— Jon Lovitz

We should remind ourselves that laughing together is as close as you can get to another person without touching, and sometimes it…

— Gina Barreca

Comedy is a live art, and the only way to record a comedy rock album is to do it live. The audience…

— Vir Das

A lot of things matter in comedy - the script, the lines, your timing, the co-actor's timing, how it's shot.

— Jitendra Kumar

“Make thing effective for laughter and hapiness until the day of Judgment - before we make it "Effective" for you Hell...”

— A Gentlemen

Your Pain May Be The Reason For Somebody's Laugh, But Your Laugh Must Never Be The Reason For Somebody's Pain.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I didn't take anything from anyone - first of all. Second of all, I opened a comedy club with money that I…

— Jon Lovitz

In 1998, it was possible to make a big-screen romantic comedy about email. Yep, email - the same medium we often think…

— Walt Mossberg

What I love is that I'm hearing from people on the left and people on the right that I've given them something…

— Randy Rainbow

I love the movie previews... you know... Why is it whenever you're watching a movie preview you always feel like you have…

— Jim Gaffigan

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to…

— Ari Graynor

About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall…

— Klaus Kinski

There are really two types of laughter on the part of the spectator. There is the laughter of recognition - which means…

— Michael Haneke

Yeah, I mean, I did regular stand-up for a long time. And I did - I stopped doing stand-up when I worked…

— Karen Kilgariff

The Rock was one of my favourite comedy characters growing up, and I still think he is. Mainly because he took himself…

— James Acaster

If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there -…

— Roger McGough

The image people have of comedians staring defiantly over a stationary line of good taste is simply inaccurate. We don't approach this…

— Jim Norton

I'm happy to play characters but comedy, as a space, has given me a lot.

— Varun Sharma

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

— Chris Tucker

I have a unique perspective on things that apparently makes people laugh.

— Matt Rife

I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.

— Tatiana Maslany

I find it wonderful when people live, love, and laugh again.

— Terri Irwin

I've always done comedy, and I've always wanted to do a dramatic role. I wanted to be a sheriff.

— Jerry Van Dyke

At home in my room, I'm funny, but if I'm commissioned to be that, I don't feel very funny.

— Zazie Beetz

Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.

— Henri Bergson

There is definitely a pressure for funny people to be funny. People want them to perform all the time.

— Marsha Thomason

All this world's noise appears to me a dull, ill-acted comedy!

— Abraham Cowley

It's really stupid to defend your own jokes. That is for other people to do if they choose to.

— Sarah Silverman

People don't buy a new detergent because the manufacturer told a joke on television last night.

— David Ogilvy

You know, what's funny to one person is not at all to someone else.

— Steve Carell

It's the American view that everything has to keep climbing: productivity, profits, even comedy.

— George Carlin

“98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I am shocked that both the Congress and SAD make fun of comedians.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi