The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Humor is an attitude, a survivor’s way of looking at life. It’s not about telling jokes. — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
The number one rule of comedy acting is 'don't try to be funny.' Act as seriously as possible. — Daniel J. Goor Copy Share Image
Comedy has a way of dealing with serious issues and finding humour in it. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
I think the whole concept that women aren't funny is dead. It's over; it's done. — Kate Flannery Copy Share Image
A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
It's famous that comedians have a very dark personal state of mind. I think, in my case, it's the same. The only… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The best comedy audiences in the country and this is tried and true, I'm not just saying it, in my opinion are… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing,… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
The two things that I require for anyone who's around me: you need to love food, and you need to be able… — Tamron Hall Copy Share Image
“People are funny. They look down from all sorts of heights and then if the looking down has no effect they get… — john mcgahern Copy Share Image
The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we blame so much in fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I wanted to do comedy because I left Malaysia and went to America. I got bitten by the Western, idealist, opinionated, democracy… — Nigel Ng Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was an up-and-coming comic, how annoyed I would be when the famous guys would show up and just… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in… — Christine Lakin Copy Share Image
When I look at my audience, I can tell better who's in the crowd and the kind of joke I shouldn't do.… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
I always knew I wanted to do comedy. I like making people laugh. I started out young just making my family laugh… — Jillian Bell Copy Share Image
I've flip-flopped on both throughout my career. When I was in college and growing up I was like, 'It's comedy for me!… — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
I tried to make the punchline as close to the setup as I could. And I thought that was the perfect thing.… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
“It must be said here, however, that among the activities that all LTTE members, both men and women, enjoyed most was reminiscing… — N Malathy Copy Share Image
In my own work, humor is necessary, for the reasons stated above, but also because forbidding your characters silliness, absurdity, irony, and… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
It's a tough one because some comedians and some genres of comedy seek to shock or offend, or make somebody say, 'woah,… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
Comedy isn't subjective like music. You either get the laughs or you don't. — Rob Beckett Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny. — Ben Feldman Copy Share Image
Actually, I've been doing stand-up on the quiet for the last 15 years, in the form of corporate gigs. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm in a situation with this girl that's as hopeless as overthrowing the Bush administration. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
With comedies, often shorter is better. You don't want to outstay your welcome. — Christopher Miller Copy Share Image
The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
I don't think people think I'm funny, but in my head, I'm like, 'I am!' — Lana Condor Copy Share Image
Truly, with a sitcom and the rhythms of comedy... music is so helpful in that area of life. — Sabrina Carpenter Copy Share Image
A sad truth I've learned is that I watch a lot less live comedy than I did before it became my job. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy. — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
