In my early 20s, I started doing comedy. I started doing auditions in Chicago. It led me to writing my own sketches… — Deon Cole Copy Share Image
“Jesus Christ, is everyone on something because I want some of whatever it is," Will grumbled, reaching for George's arm and looping… — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
I do an act, and I've been doing an act for 50 years. I do a variety show, which is a musical… — Debbie Reynolds Copy Share Image
“All white people are born with a singular mission in life in order to pass from regular whitehood into ultra-whitehood. Just as… — Christian Lander Copy Share Image
“So computers are tools of the devil?" thought Newt. He had no problem believing it. Computers had to be the tools of… — Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“[the sheep] sidled up beside him and bumped him lovingly with its head. Val looked at it sadly. "I am sorry, you… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
I was even in a comedy group for a while. It's so different. It's so completely different. The idea of going to… — Elizabeth Mitchell Copy Share Image
“P...U...D...D...I...N...G" "Pudding," said Roger. "They've kept some for us." "She hasn't finished the word," said Dick. Titty was reading steadily on. "H...E...A...D...S...End… — Arthur Ransome Copy Share Image
“You did a politics project on a government that got overthrown on the due date? Man, did anybody ever tell you you've… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
“...she studied his clothes, his top hat. “And you’ve just come from Parliament? How are you finding that?” “It’s much like piracy.… — Meljean Brook Copy Share Image
“I paid the cabman exactly his fare. He received it with an oath; upon which I instantly gave him a tract. If… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
“It was like trying to balance on a pair of knife blades. Who had thought of this mad form of travel in… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
“It was sort of like Macbeth , thought Fat Charlie, an hour later; in fact, if the witches in Macbeth had been… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“There's a lot of humiliation in living, but that's okay, for if the gods are always laughing, then surely at times they… — J. Andrew Schrecker Copy Share Image
“The three species of pine native to Wisconsin (white, red and jack) differ radically in their opinions about marriageable age. The precocious… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
“The report also said I show great potential as an agent. I figure they must be right, since I successfully broke into… — Amy McAuley Copy Share Image
Many, many years ago before I got into comedy, I applied to be a spy for MI5. I got down to the… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
I was doing stand-up at a restaurant and there was a chalkboard on the street out front. It said, Soup of the… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
“Unless you intend to kill him immediately thereafter, never kick a man in the balls. Not even symbolically. Or perhaps especially not… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
My first manager, he had left Germany when he was five, but he would joke about the Nazis. And I'd laugh, but… — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were… — Natasha Leggero Copy Share Image
“Miss Elizabeth Mapp might have been forty, and she had taken advantage of this opportunity by being just a year or two… — E.F. Benson Copy Share Image
“All right gentlemen, we have a job to do. At approximately 01:30 tonight, three children made an escape. Our job is to… — Sean Cullen Copy Share Image
“The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasized, is… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Cucumbers are technically a fruit and in the same family as pumpkins, melons and squash, so it may benefit those markets, although,… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Do not let my expression dampen your good humor,” Talmanes said, tucking his pipe away. “Nor let it bother you that we… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
Well Washington DC what are you going to do. They think the capitol steps are the state of the art in comedy.… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
It seems a strange thing, but once I was able to get past that kind of self-image problem, I was able to… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Leaps over walls - especially when taken late in life - can be extremely perilous. To leap successfully, you need a sense… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
I'm not sure anybody's ready to see me in a drama. And loving movies so much, I've seen a lot of comics… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“They say that God watches out for children, drunks and fools. Simply put, this means I stand a two-thirds better chance for… — Lenny Castellaneta Copy Share Image
Business, like life, is funny. We all go through difficult times, and we all have to face curve balls and challenges, each… — Ronnie Apteker Copy Share Image
“As the carriage bumped her bones along the dark country lanes, Martha decided that if she ever got back to her own… — Stephen Cole Copy Share Image
I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a… — Eugene Levy Copy Share Image
“What sort of person," said Salzella patiently, "sits down and writes a maniacal laugh? And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five?… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“God really must have had a sense of humor, because if I had to name my biggest turn-on, it was literature. And… — Kody Keplinger Copy Share Image
It's good to see so many friends here in the Rose Garden. This is our first event in this beautiful spot, and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I was raised by a dad who has a fantastic sense of humor who raised me on 'The Muppet Show,' Steve Martin… — Janet Varney Copy Share Image
“Listen carefully, Lucas Steele, because I will only say this once. I am NOT your mate, I will never be your mate,… — Quinn Loftis Copy Share Image