Humor Quotes · Page 531

Comedy is like horror - you have to shock something in the viewer's system to make them feel it.

— Jonathan Krisel

“I will play Truth or Dare, you sucker, until you can't tell your truth from your dare. -CAROLINE”

— Alice Clayton

“I can only make one person happy each day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good, either.”

— Philip Gulley

That's what I'm attracted to: how people face struggle - with humor - and how they handle tough situations in their lives…

— Mike O'Malley

“Red wine?' Sam asked with a smile on his lips. 'Tonic water?' he teased him.”

— Alex C

She ran after the garbage truck, yelling, "Am I too late for the garbage?" "No, jump in!"

— Henny Youngman

“Every journalist has a novel inside him, which is an excellent place for it.”

— Russell Lynes

“Humor is the touchstone of the truly mythological as distinct from the more literal-minded and sentimental theological mood.”

— Joseph Campbell

I've never done an actual Western, and I would love to do that. I've done drama and dark comedy stuff. I've never…

— Max Thieriot

“Amelia envisaged that between York and the royal-infested Scottish Highlands there was a grimy wasteland of derelict cranes and abandoned mills and…

— Kate Atkinson

I do sometimes miss doing that lighter, more humorous work, and I find there's a heavier responsibility that goes along with a…

— Alison Bechdel

Better to operate with detachment, then; better to have a way but infuse it with a little humor; best, to have no…

— Lewis Hyde

I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved…

— David Morse

“The idea of having several days, never mind weeks or months, to relocate to a climate that was better for your lungs…

— John Hodgman

“He stopped at a Dunkin' Donuts and bought me an OJ and a bagel. Bribery wasn't going to make me forgive him,…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment. Going up with an idea and fleshing…

— Marc Maron

“Reality was one step out of line, a cardigan with the buttons done up wrong.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.”

— Anonymous

And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.

— Jennifer Garner

What begins with comedy ends with comedy... in my short view of the matter.

— Gore Vidal

'Smart, Funny and Black' is about celebrating, critiquing and learning about black culture, black history, and the black experience.

— Amanda Seales

If you really believe death leads to eternal bliss then why are you wearing a seatbelt?

— Doug Stanhope

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a…

— Lars von Trier

Cats have no sense of humor, they have terribly inflated egos, and they are very touchy.

— Robert A. Heinlein

If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and…

— Zach Woods

I'd love to do a project that falls between drama and comedy - a dramedy with hilarious moments.

— Shangela

If you are tuning in just for the show, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

— Adam Carolla

I always worked on holidays when I had to wait tables and stuff like that, so I'm used to it, but now…

— Chris Redd

“Even geniuses could get things wrong-look at Einstein's unfortunate choice of a hairdresser.”

— Joss Stirling

“Who was the moron on the phone?" "Carl Avery," Kate said. "A long-standing client and potential felon.”

— Jennifer Crusie

“How reassuring." - Queen Elizabeth, when told during a walking tour of Scotland that she looks like the Queen”

— Kate Petrella

The world of men show like a comedy without laughter: populations, interests, government, history; 't is all toy figures in a toyhouse.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I love inappropriate humour. What else are you going to do? You have to laugh.

— Bojana Novakovic

Our whole family has a similar sense of humor. We get over things by laughing at ourselves.

— Monica Horan

“No worries, I won't force you to marry me. I'll get over you. There are plenty of fish in the sea and…

— Quinn Loftis

I think there's still a feeling within society, entertainment aside, that women are less funny than men.

— Zawe Ashton

If a boy sweeps you off your feet, be careful because he's in the perfect position to drop you on your ass.

— Anonymous

The naive was only a part of my fairy tales; humour was the real salt in them.

— Hans Christian Andersen

I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.

— Daniel Dae Kim

If I'm in a town for very long, usually I'll work out in the comedy club just to keep my chops or…

— Ron White