“A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing--mores the pity.” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Eventually I'm going to be too old to be on camera, and I've been doing stand-up a long time. — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
There is nothing that I'm more compelled to do than get up in front of a crowd and make people laugh. — Bert Kreischer Copy Share Image
The whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I don't chalk out my career thinking that I want to first do serious drama, then a comedy or an action. I… — Kunal Khemu Copy Share Image
Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs. — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
“get the giggles and let them loose like kamikaze fighters to die a glorious death against Bailey’s reprimanding glare.” — Lori Adams Copy Share Image
When I started out in stand-up, I was already used to speaking in front of people, how to project, control my voice… — Jaboukie Young-White Copy Share Image
I don't think you get a lot of comedians who are homeopaths. Comedy is essentially about not being hoodwinked. — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
I'm a funny guy. I want people to laugh. I laugh at myself, I make fun of myself. But at the end… — Lil B Copy Share Image
It's something that has informed quite a lot of my comedy - that idea of someone who is always trying to get… — Jack Dee Copy Share Image
When you're about 20 years old, you kind of think out - I figured out that it was better - less good… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
“Sure we could replace war with paintball battles. But it would escalate to paint grenades, paint bombs, weapons of mass paint. I… — Dan Florence Copy Share Image
“You know how to check fer thin ice, boy?" he would ask me. "Wall, what you do is stick one foot way… — Patrick Mcmanus Copy Share Image
“You only play Pistol Annies when you're pissed, usually at me. I know your fake laugh from your real one. You have… — Chelsea M. Cameron Copy Share Image
“Besides increasing energy and enhancing the immune system, laughter diminishes pain, improves focus, reignites hope, restores connections, enhances relationships, relieves tension, relaxes… — Rashid Buttar Copy Share Image
I remember at the time, there were all these teen movies being made. It was this resurgence of John Hughes-esque teen comedies.… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
I love doing comedy, I really do. It was perhaps my first love. And I think, as an actor, you're young and… — Rafe Spall Copy Share Image
Kind of the exhausting thing about doing pure comedy, or something that's broader, is you're kind of a slave to the laugh.… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image