Comedy Quotes · Page 267

Humor itself is a great disinfectant. It enables people to listen.

— Robert Reich

Comedy is a meritocracy. If you are funny, you are there. If you are not, you are out.

— Kevin Feige

No comedy should be longer than 90 minutes. There's no such thing as a good long joke.

— John Waters

I think comedy has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.

— Tim Heidecker

My stand-up is clean; it's not too edgy. I've played it safe since the beginning.

— Anjelah Johnson

I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.

— Pauly Shore

“No one will disagree that bringing laughter to children in a dark world is admirable.”

— Dean Koontz

I think most of my tastes were British, as far as comedy went, when I was growing up.

— Scott Adsit

i fight with love and i laugh with rage…you gotta live light enough to see the humor, and long enough to see…

— Ani DiFranco

People who have heard of me have heard of me mostly through presenting and asked, 'Why have you gone into comedy?'

— Ellie Taylor

I'm particularly bad at breaking if something's funny. I'm not professional, so I do often laugh, but less at what I do…

— Timothy Simons

Unfortunately, it's the new normal to get divorced - and divorced with children is its own soil rich with land mines. There's…

— Catherine Reitman

I can't speak for everyone, but the kind of comedy that makes me laugh are the ones that kind of make me…

— Sharon Needles

After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that…

— Aziz Ansari

We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to…

— Marjane Satrapi

Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject…

— Hasan Minhaj

The One Smiles Rather Than Rages Is Always The Stronger... It's Not Always Easy To Do, But If You're Able To Laugh…

— Pacifiersucker

I always think a good sports movie is emblematic in the same way that a great Greek tragedy really has a certain…

— Carla Gugino

It's an unknown quantity. It's actually almost a cliché to say it, how hard comedy is. What's that famous quote? "Dying is…

— Colin Firth

In standup, it's just you. You're your own writer, your own critic, your own director, and it's never the same. You really…

— Brad Garrett

I had seen some shows at the Groundlings [legendary L.A. improvisational and sketch comedy troupe] and thought, "If I could ever do…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

I think it's great training for any comedian to start on cows. Because with cows, you expect them to be bored and…

— Kristen Schaal

I will do almost anything for the sake of a joke or for the sake of someone's real belief in something to…

— Selma Blair

I took a class from a church comedian and I was squeaky-clean for five, six years of my career starting in churches,…

— Taylor Tomlinson

My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.

— Lynda Barry

The friend who laughs last has the slowest mind and the one who laughs first has the dirtiest mind.

— Anonymous

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

— Jason Biggs

That awkward moment when everyone is serious and you start laughing … :D

— Komal

I've been going up and bombing everywhere. It's great. I love it. It's hilarious.

— Hannibal Buress

I got into stand up just to do stand up because I love stand up.

— Demetri Martin

People that do "bits" and "jokes" or "one-liners" are going by the wayside.

— Jay Mohr

You can't teach somebody how to be funny. You're either funny, or you ain't.

— Denis Leary

I've always been partial to comedy. I love the idea of working on a comedic scene.

— Matthew Lewis

If you can't make fun of yourself, you don't have any right to make fun of others

— Joan Rivers

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

— Tina Weymouth

I think there's a certain space people have decided I occupy - the funny-sidekick thing.

— Zooey Deschanel

You gotta learn to laugh, it's the way to true love.

— John Travolta

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.

— Penelope Cruz

I was a big fan of sketch comedy and cartoons growing up.

— Iliza Shlesinger

Laugh alot.A good sense of humor cures almost all of life's ills.

— Glory