Comedy Quotes · Page 290

Laughter means: taking a mischievous delight in someone else's uneasiness, but with a good conscience.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Just past your lips there's more anger than laughter

— Silverstein

In life, I'd much rather have people laughing at me than booing me.

— Josh Peck

If you are too busy to share an occasional laugh with someone, you are too busy.

— Melchor Lim

All humor is based on hostility - that's why World War Two was funny.

— Neil Simon

I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'

— J. R. Martinez

He who laughs at himself shall never run out of things to laugh at.

— Anonymous

A Whoopee cushion filled with gravy adds a hilarious new dimension to a rather tiresome practical joke

— Thegr81

“It’s like there’s some rule that real stuff can only get mentioned if everybody rolls their eyes or laughs in a way…

— David Foster Wallace

I started in comedy when I was a kid, doing impressions for family members. Comedy was the way to engage people.

— Harris Dickinson

Within comedy, macabre is the root, and a lot of art - Goya, Bosch, Dali - is macabre. Even Van Gogh, if…

— Vic Reeves

People keep saying that I'm lucky to be naturally funny, that I don't have to work at it. They are wrong. I…

— Bob Crane

I love doing great entertainment, but I like the joke to be on me. I don't want to take advantage of some…

— Terry Crews

There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit…

— Alistair Cooke

I think a lot of comedians are desperate to show their serious side, but I got that off my chest early on…

— Kayvan Novak

Race is still somewhat of a taboo in comedy. But if you're a minority, then you can make fun of your own…

— Emo Philips

When I used to work the road, I remember I used to ask myself in the mirror, literally, like in a movie,…

— Pete Holmes

I think a shot can actually influence a scene in a huge way. For example, comedy is always better in a two-shot.…

— Emily Blunt

For a while last summer I was depressed because nothing was happening. It got to the point where people like me were…

— Bobby Lee

I don't want comedy to be Bridesmaids 2. I'm not denigrating Bridesmaids but, enough already, let's stop pretending women are incalculably different…

— Greg Proops

I dont watch a whole lot of stand up. Mainly I prefer to read writers; they make me laugh the most. Something…

— Dylan Moran

I'm a homer, so the closer [I perform] to my house the better. If I could get crowds to gather around my…

— Daniel Tosh

Honestly, it's really hard improvising and it's really stressful and humiliating at times. You're taking really big swings that potentially are eating…

— Seth Rogen

“A man is perfectly entitled to laugh at a thing because he happens to find it incomprehensible. What he has no right…

— G.K. Chesterton

Good comedy helps people know they're not alone. Great comedy provides an answer.

— Bill Hicks

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they will never cease to be amused!..

— Anonymous

There's something about doing stand-up that's cathartic.

— Dave Chappelle

I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability.

— Tracy Morgan

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

— Sarah Silverman

If I say a joke and the audience laughs it makes me feel good.

— Rita Rudner

I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it's the timing.

— Moira Kelly

Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God.

— Don Rickles

The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.

— Florence Scovel Shinn

That's like my happy space: joking around with people. It's just my personality. It's just who I am.

— Weston McKennie

Thanks to people like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, it's real freedom to do stand-up comedy.

— Simon Amstell

“Jesus has to be crying up there somewhere. Or laughing hysterically. I can't figure out which one.”

— Maya Banks

Living without Laughing isn't living. Be silly. Be honest. Be Kind.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The odd things that people say to you are so much more hilarious than what you can come up with.

— Jennifer Coolidge

Housefull 3' is not meant to be taken seriously, but is meant to be laughed at.

— Lisa Haydon