I think jokes are a perfectly viable form of literature. Some critics take issue with me because I make my points and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I laughed more in the hospital than I ever have in my life, making fun of all the weird things that were… — Christina Applegate Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself an Iranian comedian; I consider myself a comedian who happens to be of Iranian descent. — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder trial. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I always wanted my stand-up to feel like not just a show, but like you're hanging out with someone for an hour.… — Pete Davidson Copy Share Image
“When Provine studied 1,200 episodes of laughter overheard in public settings, his biggest surprise was finding that speakers laugh more than listeners—about… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
I'd known the Duke of Edinburgh over a period of 40 years, so I'd long been accustomed to his sense of humor. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
I don't mind being accused of being a bad comedian and I don't even mind being accused of being a bad talk-show… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
When I watch a romantic comedy, I feel like they're selling something that doesn't exist. Two beautiful, but extremely unpleasant, people are… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
On the other hand, the pleasure caused by laughter, even on the stage, is not an unadulterated enjoyment; it is not a… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
It's a really nice way to cut your teeth, doing live shows. It's like going to the gym because you do have… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I don't think that comedy is going to affect or change anything. I remember back in 2004 people were like, "How does… — Samantha Bee Copy Share Image
'Saturday Night Live' was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
I am writing a play which I probably will not finish until the end of November. I am writing it with considerable… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“It is the custom on the stage: in all good, murderous melodramas: to present the tragic and the comic scenes, in as… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Comedy isn't polite and it isn't correct and it isn't accurate, even. It's just a mess. So that's the way that I… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“Madmen, criminals, and rapists! Isn’t it fantastic? All the romantic proposals I’ve ever got from anybody. Somebody up there has an extremely… — Olga Núñez Miret Copy Share Image
However spontaneous it seems, laughter always implies a kind of secret freemasonry, or even complicity, with other laughers, real or imaginary. — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
When it comes to a show like 'Stath,' I'm not writing it with any intention other than my natural instinct as a… — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is...… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
People, I think, are more interested in being offended than getting to the heart of a situation. And to go after comedians… — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
“When someone genuinely laughs with you, it’s proof that you share a certain internal space. And that’s not so lonely after all.” — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
If you thought it was impossible for a film to contain less effective comedy than Date Movie, here's evidence to the contrary. — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
Hopefully people will be reinventing comedy forever and ever. This is just what I do, and it's a type of comedy. — David Cross Copy Share Image
I was in the Air Force and was a boom operator (in-flight refueling). I got my comedy start in the Air Force. — Sinbad Copy Share Image
You can either just have fun with the joke or you can have fun with the joke and think about the implication… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
I just love action movies. People are like, 'What comedy movies did you grow up watching?' And I'm like, 'Not many.' — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
“All I meant to say is that a rake's humor has its basis in cruelty. He needs a victim, for he cannot… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
The thing is, I was never really a comedian - a comedian would scoff at the notion of me as a comedian… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
Once you learn how to make people laugh, then you get to choose exactly how you want to make them laugh. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I enjoy doing standup, but when I'm 50, I don't know if I'll still enjoy doing standup. It might be one of… — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
Feature films seem geared toward very large budgets, action, broad comedy. That seems to dominate all year where it used to be… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
What great comedians, great comic writers, great comic actors do is that they just read the headlines with the right eyebrow position… — David Salle Copy Share Image
I classify myself as a comedian, but I'm one of those comedians who also acts so that I can split the difference… — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
When I see people laughing at my jokes, I feel so special. It is much more important than the fame I have… — Bharti Singh Copy Share Image
Films that rely on their cast to be funny are often episodic and feel like a series of loosely connected sketches rather… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
“Long story short: I don’t know shit about whatever dancing monkey of the moment is amusing the plebes.” — Antonio Garcia Martinez Copy Share Image
My day jobs... I knew I was bad at those, so I didn't really have the confidence to think that I could… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
I think what's happening is that women are allowed to be funnier as we stop pretending that there are subjects that they… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
