Comedy Quotes · Page 433

I want to do comedy films, serious films - I admire the actors who fly under the radar but get loads done,…

— Craig Roberts

Humor is this great equalizer. It gets people's defenses down, and once they're down, you can discuss some really difficult topics.

— Luvvie Ajayi

Obviously, my stuff has been more in the comedy realm, and I really believe that if I'm laughing behind the camera, then…

— Will Packer

You have to be quite aware that if you are really looking for something funny it is probably not going to happen.

— Richard Herring

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at…

— Jill Abramson

When writing comedy, you have to have the confidence to believe that there is only one type of relationship in the world,…

— Steven Moffat

Did you ever wake up with an erection...and find yourself in a massage chair at Brookstone? And you yell to the sales…

— Zach Galifianakis

I see myself primarily as a comedian, and my aim on the 'Last Leg' is to be as funny as I can…

— Josh Widdicombe

At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a…

— Eric Idle

“Sincere and unspiteful laughter is mirth, but where is there any mirth in our time, and do people know how to be…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Humor has the tendency to be funny once. If I tell you a joke, we're going to have a big laugh. But…

— Marcel Wanders

Here's the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people…

— Ben Feldman

We have no blasphemy laws these days but with that freedom comes the responsibility which should always attend the exercise of free…

— Ann Widdecombe

People love to make comedians out to be miserable, dark, twisted people. And I just - I think a lot of people…

— Tig Notaro

I used to love, love Steve Martin. I still do... I would get these albums, and I would just listen to them…

— Paul Rudd

People are clever, but almost no one ever devises an optimal quip precisely at the needed moment. Therefore, virtually all great one-liners…

— Stephen Jay Gould

part of the humor of living on this backward planet is listening to the hominids rationalize their predations.

— Robert Anton Wilson

“The only way to cry your eyes out and laugh your ass off at the same time is to have your mom…

— Shannon L. Alder

If anybody has a bad day, they'll just come to my room because they know I'll bring out the positive in everything,…

— Simone Biles

You can laugh when I talk, but not when I sing. People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes...now they…

— Cyndi Lauper

I've always been attracted to humor and funny people in general. It's a joy to make people laugh, but it's not as…

— Jennifer Garner

There's no better way to mess up a good cowdog than to let him discover that goofing off beats the heck out…

— John R. Erickson

“I do not think, Prospero,' he said, 'that one should attribute a very high degree of reality to your house.”

— John Bellairs

I wish, in some ways, I was the type of comedian who could do something blistering and topical, but I'm the guy…

— Jim Gaffigan

“...definitely dramadies [are out], too. To me, if the writer can’t make up his mind if he’s doing drama or comedy, then…

— Jutta Profijt

Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else.…

— John Lloyd

“laughter is cathartic and cleansing, that it's good for the body and the soul, and when it's real it's better than sex.”

— Patricia Gaffney

I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end…

— David Eddings

I was one of the people that always got chosen last, and I think I bulked up my comedy bone to make…

— Michelle Visage

The more women sit down and write something in a woman's voice for a woman, they more you'll see women in comedy…

— Kristen Schaal

I try and make myself or consenting people I am very close to the victims of my comedy. I don't enjoy bullying…

— Greg Davies

“There are now skin products supposedly created with 24-karat gold extract. I guess if financial times got really tough, you could always…

— Gina Barreca

I kind of keep my personality in my pocket a lot. When I start to do stand-up, that's not my true personality…

— Chris Rock

I think stand is better now than it's ever been. I think it's the greatest time ever to do standup comedy.

— Joe Rogan

A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life; but the obstacle that has to be overcome is…

— Jennifer Lopez

I just really want to do stand-up and act in stuff that I like. And do stuff that makes me really happy.

— Pete Davidson

I always feel like you don't do comedy for the special - you do the specials so you can do comedy. That's…

— Michael Che

Laugh at your mistakes but learn from them, joke over your troubles but gather strength from them, make a jest of your…

— Nishan Panwar

Laughter is such a healthy exercise. Somebody is laughing - that's perfectly good exercise, join him. Somebody is being playful - if…

— Anonymous

It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter…

— Allen Klein