The melancholy have the best sense of the comic, the opulent often the best sense of the rustic, the dissolute often the… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Now I put up something, and I have to think, 'Oh, there are millions of people watching, and some of them could… — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations. — John Wells Copy Share Image
Don't take life too seriously & always find time to laugh cuz laughter not only add years to your life, but adds… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To me, the best humor is indeed the ability to laugh at one's self. So I give myself endless opportunities to do… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce, As a grave matron would to… — Horace Copy Share Image
The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I think for any comedian to come and get big laughs from a really tough, discerning, comedy-literate audience, it is the biggest… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
Well, I came down to LA initially to join The Groundlings, which is an improv comedy group. I didn't get in, of… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
If i wouldn't have done comedy, I would have been a teacher. I was really good when I took an exploratory teaching… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
The comedies I have been in that have been successful were the ones where the set was the most tense. It seems… — Austin Pendleton Copy Share Image
Right now I'm sick of acting, so it's like, Maybe I'll do writing for a bit. Then, when I'm tired of writing,… — Charlyne Yi Copy Share Image
I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people, and killers,… — William Sadler Copy Share Image
The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing,… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
For some reason, people find me funny. It's quite hard to define why a thought is funny. It's even harder to define… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
When you do laugh, open your mouth wide enough for the noise to get out without squealing, throw your head back as… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
I am feeling like I have completed the circle. I started with serious roles, done a grey shaded role, did fatherly roles… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that… — Madeline Kahn Copy Share Image
But I'm kind of spoilt when it comes to comedy. I was on 'Friends', which was one of the funniest things on… — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
From the age of 14, I remember thinking I wanted to be a comedian. But that was like saying I wanted to… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
“As a comedian, the more you commit the sin of stupidity, three essential things happen to your life: ~people applaud you incessantly.… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
Laughing will give your diaphragm a workout, will show you have a sense of humor, and can increase your life by eight… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Comedy is quite difficult, you have to be able to have fun and portray that sense of fun to the audience watching… — Maureen O'Hara Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful thing to be able to make fun of yourself and to do it in a way that sort of… — Adam West Copy Share Image
I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
You can teach taste, editorial sense, but the ability to say something funny is something I've never been able to teach anyone. — Abe Burrows Copy Share Image
I can pretty much guarantee that if I do a show in a comedy club, there will be someone who will come… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
~I use humor instead of getting into that whole yes and no thing all the time. It's about just getting them to… — Marcia Cross Copy Share Image
Before I went into comedy I was a loner, very much wrapped up in my own thoughts. But I always liked myself… — Michael McIntyre Copy Share Image
I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't have that kind of personality, and it's… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
I got drunk in Canada. I was there for 2 days but I was drunk there for 4 days. I don't know… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
“There was no way to have a civilized conversation with that guy. It's like he was raised by giraffes or something.” — H.M. Ward Copy Share Image
I really used to like TVMaxwell, which is a classic, amazing, super-underrated comedy channel. And Cyndago was great. — Finn Wolfhard Copy Share Image
I'm a really huge fan of the old romantic comedies from the '30s and '40s... Huge fan. I love all that stuff. — Thomas Jane Copy Share Image
“Corporate alchemy isn’t just dark magic; it’s a tragic comedy, a satire as I imagine being written by Kafka on a bad… — Rove Monteux Copy Share Image
I'm somebody who can laugh even at myself. That happens now and again, when I've made a mess of really simple things. — Eden Hazard Copy Share Image
I always had an idea of how Five should be and it was very funny to entertain that idea when I got… — Aidan Gallagher Copy Share Image
It's nice to think people might be talking about it after they've seen it. With some comedies it's a bit 'wham bam… — Alice Lowe Copy Share Image