Winter's notion of poetry is tragedy. It knows nothing of comedy. Its laughter was frozen on its lips long ago. — William Alfred Quayle Copy Share Image
There's always something every night that I learn from reacting to what the audience is reacting to. You learn what to leave… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Humour is essentially a comforter, reconciling us to things as they are in contrast to things as they might be. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
America is such a paradoxical society, hypocritically paradoxical, that if you don't have some humor, you'll crack up. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Loud, stupid and overeating will suffice as long as we also have the funny, the fierce and the intellectual — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Because of the spin-meisters and the focus groups and the way politics is run now. It's run by polls and focus groups.… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know - for comedians are the caricatures among us. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don't get it don't know… — Betty White Copy Share Image
Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
Whatever happens in life can happen on the stage, but as a comedian you should always be clear what your target is.… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
“I played a few games myself, back in the days before consoles were ousted by the PC Master Race, and I’ve thought… — Eric Jason Casey Copy Share Image
Sometimes if I really want to get someone's attention, I'll start a sentence with something like, "I'm not racist, but..." I say,… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I started doing comedy just as myself, because I thought, "This is what's expected, you're meant to tell stories and do observations."… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
Because comedy is cheap to put on: if you've got a play or an opera, there's a whole load of people and… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
A sense of humor is rare. It isn't telling a joke about how there are three ways to get to heaven. It's… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
The embarrassment of a situation can, once you are over it, be the funniest time in your life. And I suppose a… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
“Laughter has proven to be useful in other ways, too. It can make an awkward silence a lot less awkward, like when… — Colin Nissan Copy Share Image
I try to find a reason to laugh each day. Somehow, if you can incorporate laughter into your day, every day, it… — Faith Hill Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to make serious films. Comedy's important, it's very good to laugh. But when I look back at all my… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
To me comedy is like being a magician, once they know the rabbit is coming out of the hat they won't care. — John Bishop Copy Share Image
Comedy should speak truth to power. It should always be aimed upward. When it's aimed downward, it's called bullying. — Jimmy Dore Copy Share Image
“Of course, they're not clowning around trying to make me laugh. They're doing their best to live very serious lives, and they… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Holy Cow' is our effort in the right direction where with humour we make some pertinent points which we hope will get… — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
Being able to write jokes is great, but you still have to get used to performing them and being on stage -… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need to put… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
You could be laughing one day about the same issues that you're crying about the next day, so that's life. — Taraji P. Henson Copy Share Image
I love romantic comedies. I know how terrible they are, but I love them! And I don't think that makes me less… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“It was good to laugh. I wanted to laugh and laugh and laugh until I laughed myself into becoming someone else.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
No one likes the fellow who is all rogue, but we'll forgive him almost anything if there is warmth of human sympathy… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
“One more optional piece of advice: If you ever have to give a speech, start with a joke, if you know one.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Audiences have proved time and again that they don't want a steady diet of any entertainer airing his social views - especially… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I'm very adamant on social media about recommending comedians to people if they don't know them. I think it's so important to… — Dolph Ziggler Copy Share Image
They be lying through thier teeth hope u slip up of your but I dont switch up I just laugh put my… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I was good in comedy so I started getting such roles but as an actor you don't like to do same type… — Satish Kaushik Copy Share Image
Daft Wee Stories' is, as the title says, daft wee stories. I just sort of rattled them out, tried to make them… — Limmy Copy Share Image
Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to… — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
A lot of the comedians nowadays just do comedy as a stepping stone. Take for example Dane Cook. The guy is huge.… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
Plus, humor ws a good way to hide the pain. And if that didn't work, there was always Plan B. Run aaway.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
