“After a tragedy, a farce. Philosophy enters into her power, and the earth returns under one's feet.” — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
If I did not have a sense of humor, I would have long ago killed myself. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
“ Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. -Victor Borge ” — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators. Stand-up comedy is very much a conversation. It's very personal, stylistically. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Even though Sean still held my head down I was the only one who thought to ask "Who's driving the boat?" Over… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
Getting on stage doing standup anytime is hard. You never know what you're going to say. You live and die on your… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
I don't think a married couple can go through life without laughs together any more than they can without tears. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow! But it means that they have the ability to deal with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A lot of the kind of comedy that I do comes out of real human moments. For them to work, they have… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
Amazing is he who laughs, even though the fire is in front of him, and he feels elation, while death is awaiting... — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Its funny because once you do a comedy then the next opportunities you get are sort of in that line. I would… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
Well I was about to be expelled from school, I had been arrested and a teacher said: "Why don't you try acting,… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
“He is laughing, only pretending to resist, and this moment, this moment right here, is one of those ones that I will… — Krysta MacDonald Copy Share Image
Adding comedy into what I do is just my natural approach. It's how I approach anything that I find tricky or daunting,… — Simone Giertz Copy Share Image
Music and comedy are so linked. The rhythm of comedy is connected to the rhythm of music. They’re both about creating tension… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Sahl was never a great comic. His nervous, jabbing, keep-them-off-balance delivery was the strategy of a man who was not comfortable in… — Albert Goldman Copy Share Image
You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business… — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
“Being gloomy is easier than being cheerful. Anybody can say "I've got cancer" and get a rise out of a crowd. But… — P.J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The population increasing, some of it could be in countries we haven't thought of making art in. I've never entertained making comedy… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Writing humour certainly involves pain. A sitcom is 6 months of writing pain! — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
I love my comedy too much to bastardize it with bad romantic comedy. — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I always joke around and say my lifestyle is kind of like James Bond. — Bruce Buffer Copy Share Image
I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore. — Wavy Gravy Copy Share Image
The most fun I ever have is sitting in with Rick writing, and we laugh at our own jokes. — Adrian Edmondson Copy Share Image
Sometimes people don't want to laugh because it's wrong to laugh at their own establishment. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
My years on 'SNL' had reconfirmed that what I do best is play for a sort of edgy comedy. — Paul Shaffer Copy Share Image
A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
When I look at it now, the whole punk thing is sort of comedy in a weird way. — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
Remember your self-worth and worry less. You can also turn it into humor. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how many times the audience has heard it before. If it's funny, it's funny. — Tommy Cooper Copy Share Image
