Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, For works may have more with than does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
“The moment vanity officially leaves your life is when you look down to discover an asslike configuration living where your front pockets… — Rachel Dratch Copy Share Image
Real life doesn't exist on a network television comedy. They just don't let you travel down any road that is presumably 'dark.' — Jason Jones Copy Share Image
He is very dry but also very funny... I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
Before I started doing stand-up, I never envisioned doing it. I strictly saw myself doing improv and sketch comedy, and then, when… — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
I suppose the best comedy shows do have the rock n' roll feeling - if it's a great night, and the roof… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
I have been lucky enough to work in all kinds of comedy. I prefer working with other people. I could never do… — June Whitfield Copy Share Image
To all my soap fans out there, my horror fanatics, comedy lovers, I will tell you this: 'Death Valley' is an action-packed… — Texas Battle Copy Share Image
If I think of a joke that's really dirty and I think it's funny I'll try it but what I've found over… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I don't think I could ever stop doing serious movies and just do comedies, or vice versa, but there is something cool… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I think my one of my strengths in standup is my ability to adlib. I do all my best writing on stage.… — Henry Cho Copy Share Image
We do not claim that punning is legitimate wit. Wit consists in combination of ideas, punning in combination of words only. We… — Harriet Hosmer Copy Share Image
When 'Malcolm in the Middle' was over, I was looking for a drama more than a comedy...but if it was a comedy… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
If I tell a joke on stage and the crowd laughs for a minute, I stand there for a minute and enjoy… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
I just always loved comedy and I really wanted to be good at it. And it was heartbreaking, 'cause I started and… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
With most specials, even the best comedians will tell you they could have cut 15 or 20 minutes out of it. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
So excited for the Apple Watch. For centuries, we've checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist?… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I think when I started doing stand-up, that's when I really tried to question everything in my belief system which is -… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid to take on somebody or say something that somebody will find offensive because unfortunately in comedy, you can't say… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
As long as it's not an easy, outdated stereotype and it comes from an interesting or emotionally driven place, then anyone can… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
“WHEN YOU LAUGHING ON A PERSON,SOME PERSON LAUGHING ON YOU .ITS A CIRCLE.THINK BEFORE YOU LAUGHING ON A PERSON.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's that I wasn't suited to do the kind of comedy that these people were coming to hear - mainstream comedy. — Larry David Copy Share Image
Comedy is free therapy. And if it's done well, the audience and the comic take turns being the doctor as well as… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are these showcase clubs where 14 guys will go on in a row and people are laughing at everything, and I'm… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
There are psychological repercussions to illness and we need a little more help to get through the effects not only on the… — Alan Thicke Copy Share Image
The Daily Show' was really a turning point, where people started to realize that comedy can have a true cultural impact and… — Adam Conover Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I still do stand-up is because it was so hard in the beginning that I feel like it… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
You don't really have to say much when your headline is 'Drag Queen Robs Burger King.' Sometimes comedy writes itself. — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
A really good stand-up comic is a poet; it's about the use of language. It can be really poetic. And I like… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Pie throwing is kind of a lost art, and although it may be a rather rudimentary, burlesque humor, there's something inherently funny… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
We went to open-mike night at a comedy club called Stanford & Sons and the comics were terrible. My cousin dared me… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to be Doug Stanhope; everybody wants to be Bill Hicks - and those are great people to aim for, but… — Chris Cubas Copy Share Image
I don't want to do 20 minutes on Donald Trump. I want to do 10 minutes and move on. I wouldn't even… — David Cross Copy Share Image
Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
The original Dean Martin Comedy Hour handed me some hysterical sketches. I've got highlights on tons of these variety shows, given to… — Ruth Buzzi Copy Share Image
If I am known as a comedian or I get to be known as one, it is because of one of two… — Rajpal Yadav Copy Share Image
Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
