“A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing--mores the pity.” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Eventually I'm going to be too old to be on camera, and I've been doing stand-up a long time. — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us. — Yahoo Serious Copy Share Image
If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. — Jennifer Jones Copy Share Image
I sometimes say things for a joke, and they are picked up the wrong way. — Brenda Fricker Copy Share Image
Comedy is a tool to be used so that people can relate to each other. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
If you look at footage of the Newfoundland Regiment, you see they are at rest and giddy and being silly with one… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
“I look around at everybody laughing and joking together and struggle to understand my life has become a living hell that nobody… — B.A. Paris Copy Share Image
You gotta have fun with a song, make somebody laugh. You gotta have character. A hard punchline can make you laugh, but… — Takeoff Copy Share Image
Writing a whole series was a crash course in screenwriting, which is a very different muscle to standup comedy writing. — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
“There are tragedies and there are comedies, aren’t there? And they are often more the same than different, rather like men and… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I am not doing comedy because the genre is successful. If that was the case, I would have done a run-of-the-mill comedy… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
My job is to make you laugh. It isn't to inform you, but it is to bring awareness of how I see… — Deon Cole Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my… — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
I really try to have fun. If I don't have fun, you won't have fun. That's what my gift is: to relieve… — Louie Anderson Copy Share Image
Sure, I do wish I sometimes got to play more heroes, but hey, I can't beat the fact that I am working… — Brian Thompson Copy Share Image
The ultimate objective [of comedy] is to get a laugh, so if you can get a laugh off the fact that you… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
I never really write the jokes. I just sit down over a week or two and try to figure out what I… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
![“The ultimate objective [of comedy] is to get a laugh, so if you can get a laugh off the fact that you did not get a laugh, then you've kinda saved the moment. Other professions don't have that luxury. You don't want to hear a brain surgeon say, "Man, am I so stupid! I cut on the wrong side of your…” quote by Brian Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/brian-regan-3918_brain_the-ultimate-objective-of-comedy-is-to-g_1605012.png)
