Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I rejected the word humorist for a long time because I thought that it meant you had, like, a cardigan sweater with… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“But you can't feel bad every second, I wanted to tell her. Laughing doesn’t make bad things worse any more than crying… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
I will laugh at the world! Never will I allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, so powerful, that… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Often in my lectures when I use the phrase “imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy” to describe our nation’s political system, audiences laugh. No… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Scientists may be in the business of laughing at their predecessors, but owing to an array of human mental dispositions, few realize… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Someone's killed 100,000 people. We're almost going, "Well done! You killed 100,000 people? You must get up very early in the morning!… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
It started when I did a 20-minute act in the comedy clubs and only had enough material for 17 minutes, so I… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
We're passionate musicians, but we felt classical concerts were more like a funeral because nobody talked and everybody was dressed so conservatively.… — Aleksey Igudesman Copy Share Image
Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
He knows all the golf lingo. You know? You hit your ball, he's like "there's a golf shot. That's a golf shot."… — Bill Engvall Copy Share Image
“The Joke...Audience as reflexive cast; 35 mm. X2 cameras;variable length; black and white, silent. Parody of Hollis Frampton’s ‘audience-specific events,’ two Ikegami… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
When a joke works, it works. It can make a point in a really simple way; it can be a great little… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
I feel like women in comedy have staked out space for themselves and circled the wagons in this inspiring way to say… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
I can do jokes sometimes where I feel like I'm being mean to a person - it's not like they're there -… — Nate Bargatze Copy Share Image
The spectacle of a judge pouring over the picture of some nude, trying to ascertain the extent to which she arouses prurient… — Thurman Arnold Copy Share Image
There is a kind of laughter that sickens the soul. Laughter when it is out of control: when it screams and stamps… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
Comedy is more difficult than drama. I think it's really difficult to make someone laugh because people have very different comedic sensibilities.… — Aimee Garcia Copy Share Image
Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Not a lot of gay guys end up coming to alt-comedy-ish shows. They like all these '80s shimmer shows, or they like… — Guy Branum Copy Share Image
I've got no dark secrets, I wasn't beaten up, my parents were kind to me and there was a low crime rate… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Unlike typical romantic comedies, Definitely Maybe is not formulaic or predictable and it spans a decade while being set against a political… — Isla Fisher Copy Share Image
It was so much fun to have my very first TV (performance) be the holy grail of comedy, in my opinion. I… — Cheyenne Jackson Copy Share Image
Comedy and drama are different sides of the same coin. And the thing about comedy and drama is about likability. It's about… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I'm focused on the work. And now I've done 'Morris' and 'Mr. Robot,' my appetite is whet to go deeper. It's fun,… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
I initially started making videos about my hair because I was struggling to style it and didn't know where to find help.… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
I'd like to be the John Wayne of the '90s. Not in terms of being the macho guy, but as a solid… — Hulk Hogan Copy Share Image
The only way I'd want to do something in television would be if it was about how I think as a comedian.… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
We have a conservative government that only thinks in terms of efficiency. They are spending a lot of money on military expenses… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Conclusions are based in time. We live in time. So any definition of success is bound up with time. With other things… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Better to operate with detachment, then; better to have a way but infuse it with a little humor; best, to have no… — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
I find it incredibly boring when people are mean about some individuals, especially if the individual has no power. I can understand… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Scott and I had just worked with Jimmy Pardo doing a live show over the summer. And it was a lot of… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
I've tried to create a comedy that doesn't look like any other comedy. Maybe traditionally in TV there has been a kind… — Melina Matsoukas Copy Share Image
If the audience is responding very well to comedians that are hacks, and I don't do well, I don't feel as bad,… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
Standups have all the talk shows, but you never see a sketch group on a talk show. Even on so-called variety shows,… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I first did stand-up when I was 17, and then I passed out fliers for a comedy club (in New York City)… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
