I've bombed on stage millions and millions of times. And that's part of it. You go up with a half-baked idea, and… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
The worst evil that you can do, psychologically, is to laugh at yourself. That means spitting in your own face. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When I laugh at jokes on the internet I don't even laugh. I just blow more air out of my nose than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not all comedy clubs or situations are ideal, especially when you're first coming up and I think that's good for you. Eventually… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
Every laugh is not equal. They come from different places. That's sort of the challenge I go towards, making sure the laughs… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about humor is that in humor, you - in logic, something is A or not A. In humor, it's… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
Explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you kill… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I'm one of those guys like whatever the situation is, as long as people are cool and everybody is trying to be… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
once you laugh at you own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good,… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that, or it's like… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Eunice had deposited St John upon the balcony of the first-floor apartment of former Liberal MP, The Rt. Hon. Leonard Cossins, the… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
When you start doing comedy, you think to yourself, "I want to be a headliner." And you become a headliner, and you're… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je'Niece, was born a… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
I would like to work in both comedy and drama. I'd love to do a really juicy drama that's just really real. — Daniela Bobadilla Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of boy who laughs at a joke, and then the next day, I bust out laughing because I just… — Young Siddiq Prince Copy Share Image
For me, comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it. It should be about attacking the powerful - the politicians,… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician.… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
I was never a joke teller. I don't even like jokes, for the most part. I don't like to hear them, and… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
To get a job where the only thing you have to do in your career is to make people laugh-well, it's the… — Ronnie Barker Copy Share Image
Being funny is a symptom of what's underneath. You're pumping out all that energy because something else is going on inside you,… — Faith Prince Copy Share Image
It was nice that you guys have such a good sense of humor, because some people don't have the ability to laugh… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
I went out with this girl the other night, she wore this real slinky number...She looked great going down the stairs. — Milton Jones Copy Share Image
Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree Copy Share Image
Humor is very important as people have forgotten to laugh at themselves these days. They should not lose the funny bones. — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I've grown up around some incredibly funny people, which has been a blessing and curse because now I've been completely spoiled in… — Dan Levy Copy Share Image
I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
“Larry is slowly, softly almost laughing, like not quite trying to throw up, and Mayn finds history right there.” — Joseph McElroy Copy Share Image
I learned to laugh at myself a little more, and I realized that beautiful things can be made out of mistakes. — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
We all know what tragedy is. "Yes, I'd rather not have any more tragedy, please. I'll have comedy, please." Comedy, in the… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
I always think all the other comedians in New York hate me - I'm just convinced that they all dislike me -… — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
So much of 'normal, civilized' life is bull that you can't imagine... What frightens you, doesn't frighten me, what frightens me, you'd… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
I'm physically completely mal-coordinated. My best friend used to make me run for the bus just to give herself a quick, cheap… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs. — Nancy Pearl Copy Share Image
