Essence Comedy Quotes

You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.

— Jerry Seinfeld

And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity.

— Miguel de Unamuno

The true essence of comedy is a baby seal hunt.

— Michael O'Donoghue

Farce is nearer tragedy in its essence than comedy is.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge