“Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that humor excites in those who lack it.” — George Saintsbury Copy Share Image
there they laugh: they do not understand me; I am not the mouth for these ears. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr Copy Share Image
I watch drama. I don't watch a lot of comedy. Watching comedy is like work. — Marta Kauffman Copy Share Image
It's something that has informed quite a lot of my comedy - that idea of someone who is always trying to get… — Jack Dee Copy Share Image
When I started out in stand-up, I was already used to speaking in front of people, how to project, control my voice… — Jaboukie Young-White Copy Share Image
I don't think you get a lot of comedians who are homeopaths. Comedy is essentially about not being hoodwinked. — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
I'm a funny guy. I want people to laugh. I laugh at myself, I make fun of myself. But at the end… — Lil B Copy Share Image
“get the giggles and let them loose like kamikaze fighters to die a glorious death against Bailey’s reprimanding glare.” — Lori Adams Copy Share Image
Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs. — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
I dare anyone to spend 10 years in the laugh-track that is Chuck Lorre's hive of oppression and not suffer some form… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
Pakistan hasn't been cast in the role of... interesting cultural place or, you know, land of great comedians. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
To call them emotional comedies sounds cloying. Like Billy Wilder said, 'You want to make them laugh and you want to make… — Charles Shyer Copy Share Image
It's one of the saving graces in a life, to be able to perceive one's own and others' absurdity, to notice our… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
Listen, baby, people do funny things. Specially us. The cards are stacked against us and just trying to stay in the game,… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Why should I laugh?' asked the old man. 'Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I wasn't making fun of my father in-law's religion. And even if I was so what, it's a comedy. Religion should be… — Larry David Copy Share Image
I was like, "This is a new thing that the gay people have decided? That's the gayest thing I've ever heard in… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians,… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
You have more of a responsibility to make the audience laugh. In comedy, we do have to say, "All right, it's been… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
