Comedy Quotes · Page 316

But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?

— Billie Burke

“The problem is that we've got a sense of humor and (Republicans have) got guns. Will we die laughing?”

— Thomas M. Disch

“The funny thing about life is, there's nothing better to do than live it.”

— D.E. Navarro

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

— Ben Stiller

Cuz you throw your head back laughing like a little kid:)

— JUSTINE DELA CERNA

There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh.

— Ingrid Bergman

There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.

— Twyla Tharp

Humor, together with irony,forms a safeguard against idolatry.

— Krister Stendahl

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's…

— Bob Newhart

I understand, a joke can fall flat, I can't always hit them out of the park and I can apologize when I…

— Dorit Kemsley

I won't do something unless I can get at least two or three good laughs out of it. If I can't, it's…

— Jerry Seinfeld

I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been…

— John Krasinski

Humor is not a trick, not jokes. Humor is a presence in the world - like grace - and shines on everybody.

— Garrison Keillor

Always being the outsider, you... feel comfortable everywhere, but you don't really feel at home anywhere. I definitely draw comedy from that.

— Ronny Chieng

If you watch most of the stuff on TV and in movies, it's usually put-down humor. It's like somebody being mean or…

— Paul Rust

I've always loved the idea of the rookie cop vs. the grizzled veteran. A lot of comedy can be mined from that.

— Jermaine Fowler

“When I was a young and aspiring speaker, I sought mentorship from a man who had been a Dale Carnegie trainer for…

— Susan C. Young

The real meaning of persona is a mask, such as actors were accustomed to wear on the ancient stage; and it is…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

If we look at life in its small details, how ridiculous it all seems. It is like a drop of water seen…

— Irvin D. Yalom

...[W]e should be mucking about all the time, because mucking about is enjoying life for its own sake, now, and not in…

— Tom Hodgkinson

When people say it's a funny thing about them, you will probably be able to control your hysterics. They are only getting…

— Peg Bracken

“You should never be embarrassed about your laugh. Of all the things that you should not be embarrassed about that is maybe…

— Eliza Engellenner

“I try to never miss the Zumba class since I believe comedy is a great way to start your week. ...It was…

— Debra Dunbar

I remember doing a lot of comedy. I always loved that feeling when you do something on stage and you can feel…

— Tony Hale

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke

— Steve Martin

I started out making fun of comedy. Then I became the thing I was making fun of.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

There is nothing - nothing - like writing a great joke and having that joke kill onstage.

— Judy Gold

“Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted scotch.”

— Anne Taintor

There's a fine line between angry and grumpy. Angry isn't nice, but grumpy is funny.

— Rick Wakeman

In theatre, I get comedy or nice lead roles. I don't understand a grey or negative role.

— Jim Sarbh

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.

— Will Rogers

I love making people laugh by doing something funny.

— Jamie Park

When I make people laugh and I get to laugh, it does my spirit good.

— LaChanze

My comedy is a bit cartoonlike, if I really think about it.

— Iliza Shlesinger

“As soon as you say it about a record, you're like some little zombie in a funny dungeon.”

— Lorde

Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.

— Mort Walker

“That's how come I learned to be funny, so that I'd have something to offer.”

— From the film

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

— Thomas Carlyle

Every joke can't be dazzling. And if you think you spotted an inconsistency, you did!

— George Meyer

If work isn't rooted in comedy, people will turn from it, or they'll use it like soap opera.

— Israel Horovitz