Comedy Quotes · Page 291

“You'll be my Queen, and I'll be your Jester 'cause all I want is to fill your days with laughter”

— Rick Ferreira

People just associate me with comedy - not that I mind. I don't mind that at all.

— Scott Adsit

When you look at the average American you realize there's nothing nature enjoys more than a good joke.

— George Carlin

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.

— Cullen Hightower

“He had learned Lesson One: Let French women tell you what they want.”

— Peggy Kopman-Owens

I was this extremely dramatic actress. And then, suddenly, I was doing comedy.

— Carol Kane

I have shielded myself against the volley of jokes that I have been made the subject of.

— Alok Nath

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness its poison.

— Anonymous

Comedy is such a private thing; it's not always easy to translate something funny from one language to another. It's very personal…

— Alessandra Mastronardi

“Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be, to protect yourself. Finally, you get just too tired, and…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Half-brights consider it comedy gold to congratulate anyone they dislike for 'winning the Kentucky Derby!' The only thing more bracingly original to…

— Ann Coulter

I think my whole life, I put a lot of energy into pleasing other people, and trying to make jokes, and trying…

— Sasha Spielberg

“Just leave me alone, I want to be alone,” she said when Jack tried to open the car door. She hit the…

— Sarah Mayberry

I like to smoke, and when you smoke, things become less serious and you find the funny in things. So, even movies…

— Wiz Khalifa

Sometimes you feel in control, and it's great, but sometimes you just don't feel in control and you really have to struggle…

— Bill Hicks

Comedy just reveals the truth in a way where you can't help but laugh; someone says the wrong thing, and you laugh…

— Matty Healy

I wanted to do serious movies. I had a certain idea of what good acting was. That's since changed, and I love…

— James Franco

“[On Dr. Strangelove ]: My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the…

— Stanley Kubrick

I don't care if you hate me or if you like me, as long as somebody gives me a character that is…

— Salma Hayek

The intention is to make people laugh, to make people happy. It's unselfish, it's in the service of others, and as a…

— Margaret Cho

I've always felt that acting is acting, at the end of the day, so whether you're doing comedy or heavy drama or…

— Benjamin Bratt

Sometimes my humor does offend people, and I've said it before: I don't write jokes to be offensive. I write jokes to…

— Moshe Kasher

“I asked Meyer what drew him to comedy, he said, “I love to make people laugh, entertain people, and try to make…

— Adam M. Grant

Teasing is often healthy and fun, not to mention an important part of interpersonal and individual development. But when it's abused, 'just…

— Rachel Simmons

Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.

— Adam Carolla

You are in a good place when you can laugh at what would have made you mad in the past.

— Anonymous

I like watching comedy shows. I only watch comedy or action.

— Jennifer Winget

Comedy is not about appearance; it's about rockin' a mike. Are they laughing? That's the only test.

— Ralphie May

“The only way to make disasters bearable is to laugh about them.”

— Rosamunde Pilcher

I dont want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?

— Martin Lawrence

But our comedies never endured long without a tragedy.

— John Smith

I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

— Kristen Wiig

I could have carried on in comedy. But my life was dark.

— Charlotte Rampling

Friends are not perfect, sometimes they have funny ways, always laugh with them and not at them.

— Vikrant Parsai

Because I do mostly comedy, I'm usually working with friends, and it's usually a ball.

— Michaela Watkins

Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn't be comedy if it didn't.

— Beth Behrs

It's not about trying to be funny all the time. It's more of a document that hopefully is funny.

— David Cross

Once you get past funny, my other qualities are so below average. It's not like I'm handy.

— Seth Meyers

Humour is the best way to make the unbearable bearable.

— Mary Ann Shaffer

Humour is used in struggle and solving difficult things, and I relish that tradition.

— Debra Granik