Comedy Quotes · Page 288

“Beetroot Cossins had moved to Kuala Lumpur where she had died of lethargy and pie.”

— St. John Morris

“Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?”

— Bill Watterson

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

— Barbara Stanwyck

Mickey was simply a little personality assigned to the purposes of laughter.

— Walt Disney

A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.

— Ron White

Making someone laugh is like making a friend, theres no greater feeling.

— J Gullang

“A farce or comedy is best played; a tragedy is best read at home.”

— Abraham Lincoln

I don't approve of political jokes; I have seen too many of them get elected.

— Jon Stewart

We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people think we're completely mad!

— Emma Bunton

Humor [in a scene] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being alive without which you would long ago have jumped…

— Michael Shurtleff

“I do not often laugh, sir,” answered the unknown. “As you may yourself discover by the expression of my continence. But yet…

— Alexandre Dumas

I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just…

— Viktor E. Frankl

I'm so excited about 'Identity Thief'. It's such a good comedy, and I'm excited for people to go out and see it!

— Genesis Rodriguez

Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.

— John Michael Higgins

Laughing at ourselves is possible when we are able to see humanity as it is - a little lower than the angels…

— Anonymous

I always refer to 'Blazing Saddles' or 'Young Frankenstein' as very much the kind of humor that I like to do.

— Genndy Tartakovsky

I get burned out on standup. But I like acting. I do like it. But sometimes you just feel like a monkey.…

— Zach Galifianakis

I challenged myself to write/direct a romantic comedy. People trash talk the rom com, but it's one of the oldest cinematic genres,…

— Leslye Headland

“A path. A career. Maybe even...a purpose,” Ariadne said. “Something you can do that you can believe in, that will challenge you,…

— Robert J. Crane

The comedy gods are smiling on me tonight, because I have been saying, for the longest time, that president Bush must set…

— Bill Maher

Bad movies: they can be tatty classics of crazed ineptitude, like Edward D. Wood's 'Glen or Glenda' and 'Plan 9 from Outer…

— Richard Corliss

Comedy is the most difficult. Comic timing is something which you either have it in you, or you don't. You have to…

— Deepika Padukone

A comedy isn't about being funny," said Mrs. Baker. "We talked about this before." "A comedy is about character who dare to…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“Your last letter made me laugh so much, Em, but you should still get out of there because while it's good for…

— David Nicholls

The more trouble you get a man into, the more comedy you get out of him.

— Harold Lloyd

I'm not the biggest fan of comedies where nothing is real.

— Charlie Day

Being considered a public figure honestly makes me laugh.

— Lindsay Shookus

Drama is hard for me. Crying is much harder for me than laughter.

— Emma Stone

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.

— Marc Maron

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

— Anonymous

Doing comedy is very difficult and if you do it perfectly you can do any kind of roles.

— Brahmanandam

I don't know if any of the people perceive themselves as having been made fun of.

— Joshuah Bearman

“Laugh soon because you never know how soon it will be too late”

— Thomas F. Shubnell

Many people will laugh at the drop of a hat, especially if the man is still in it.

— Evan Esar

My philosophy? Have a laugh for as long as you can and don't get run over. Or stabbed.

— Ricky Gervais

“How predictable, how perfectly average, how amusing.”

— Gillian Flynn

It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor.

— Joan Jett

All cartoonists are linked together in the world - it's our language, one we can communicate in.

— Liza Donnelly

I didn't set out to write some female-empowering movie; I just wanted to write a funny college comedy.

— Kay Cannon

“Thos who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.”

— Stephen Fry