Comedy Quotes · Page 265

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

— Theodor Adorno

I don't think it's wrong to make fun of some of the stuff that we think and we do.

— Holly Hunter

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects,so please take it regularly.

— Anonymous

“Multipliers use humor to create comfort and to spark the natural energy and intelligence of others.”

— Liz Wiseman

My type of comedy is always self-deprecating, the joke's always on me.

— Asim Chaudhry

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as the person ready to die

— Italian Proverb

Not only comedy films, I have also done films based on serious issues with Raja Chanda earlier.

— Soham Chakraborty

It's two totally different things. Comedy is more therapeutic. Acting is more of an escape.

— Deon Cole

Humor is not funny. Humor is something else. Funny is a joke, sometimes silly. Comedy is deep and connected to tragedy; comedy…

— Gerald Stern

“Everyone laughed their heads off, which is not what literally happened but I like the idea of laughing heads becoming detached from…

— Siobhan Dowd

I think brilliant stuff comes out of working with limitations. One liners are very limiting, but that's what drew me to them…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought that some people…

— Paul Reiser

Even in comedy, you have to be real. It's all about being real. It's how real can you be? That's the challenge.…

— Craig Robinson

The first obligation I have is to be funny; it's my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding…

— George Carlin

'Billy on the Street' is a persona. It's crafted; it has writers. It's a mixture of performance art and comedy.

— Billy Eichner

When we left university, in the late '80s, one of the guys had been to the Comedy Store in London, came back…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships.…

— Nancy Meyers

My job is to make you laugh. It isn't to inform you, but it is to bring awareness of how I see…

— Deon Cole

I am not doing comedy because the genre is successful. If that was the case, I would have done a run-of-the-mill comedy…

— Emraan Hashmi

I'm loud, I'm super comedic about my life, and I always try to look for partners who are the same about theirs,…

— Princess Nokia

What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and…

— Natasha Leggero

People always ask me, Do you ever think you'll wake up one morning and not be funny? That thought would never occur…

— Woody Allen

From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of…

— Jason Reitman

I'm sure when alternative comedy started, before which - Billy Connolly aside - standup was essentially a person being racist and sexist…

— Nish Kumar

I'm very careful not to tell a joke just to get a reaction.

— Katherine Ryan

“Laughter is our soul's way of saying, "I surrender to being human.”

— Holley Gerth

They laughed much harder than the memory was funny because it felt good to laugh.

— Shannon Hale

The thing about comedy is that you don't have to play funny.

— Rasika Dugal

Do not laugh too much, for excessive laughter deadens the heart.

— Anonymous

I watch a lot of drama because I do associate comedy with work.

— Janet Varney

I love humorous games. I love to laugh, and I think it's a really great way to attract players.

— Kim Swift

I love the absurd - kind of absurdist comedy, absurd things in life.

— Rose McGowan

“How do jokes work? The beginning of each good one challenges you to think.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

As a comedian, I think you need to keep things real.

— Judah Friedlander

Comedy is very difficult. You've got to have a perfect sense of timing.

— Suniel Shetty

There's no faster way to get on the good side of most engineers than making fun of product managers.

— Sarah Cooper

I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus.

— Anne Lamott

I'm never funnier than when I'm heartbroken or terrified.

— Melanie Scrofano

You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.

— Keegan-Michael Key

Sometimes life gets so difficult that you just need to laugh about it

— Anonymous