--- title: "1 Just Comedy Quotes By Jessi Klein" description: "1 Just Comedy quotes by Jessi Klein. Plus more from Jessi Klein and more Just Comedy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/jessi-klein-26100_anymore_the-very-first-time-i-did-standup-i-went_898608.jpg" --- > [The very first time I did standup, I went to an open mike on the Lower East Side at a place that doesn't exist anymore. And it was one of those open mikes that wasn't really just for comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/the-very-first-time-i-did-standup-i-went-to-an-open-mike-on-the-lower/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/jessi-klein-26100_anymore_the-very-first-time-i-did-standup-i-went_898608.jpg) ## More by Jessi Klein > [“Texting is like kryptonite to women’s standards. It erodes them, like gentle ocean waves slowly, over time, destroy a beautiful dune.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/texting-is-like-kryptonite-to-women-s-standards-it-erodes-them-like/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [It's not that I think weddings - or marriages - are letdowns. It's just that I want to see my wedding as one awesome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/it-s-not-that-i-think-weddings-or-marriages-are-letdowns-it-s-just/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [My 20s were all about feeling desperate. Desperate to find a new boyfriend. Desperate to get the perfect job. Desperate to get rid of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/my-20s-were-all-about-feeling-desperate-desperate-to-find-a-new/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [I remember the first time I heard a co-worker refer to himself as a foodie. It immediately irritated me. Was he implying that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/i-remember-the-first-time-i-heard-a-co-worker-refer-to-himself-as-a/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [Basically, I was always very interested in comedy, but I was much more sort of academic. And then, after college, loaded with my art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/basically-i-was-always-very-interested-in-comedy-but-i-was-much-more/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [“Not responding to the texts of a man who has wronged you is truly one of the sweetest pleasures in life..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/not-responding-to-the-texts-of-a-man-who-has-wronged-you-is-truly-one/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [Everyone wants to say they hate lawyers, and yet I've never met a parent who didn't want their kid to be a lawyer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/everyone-wants-to-say-they-hate-lawyers-and-yet-i-ve-never-met-a/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [“Post Ranch Inn, a hotel set on the cliffs of Northern California that has won every Most Luxurious, Most”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/post-ranch-inn-a-hotel-set-on-the-cliffs-of-northern-california-that/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [The very first time I did standup, I went to an open mike on the Lower East Side at a place that doesn't exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/the-very-first-time-i-did-standup-i-went-to-an-open-mike-on-the-lower/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [If I have one wish for my birthday, it is that 35 is the end of desperation and the beginning of acceptance. Part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/if-i-have-one-wish-for-my-birthday-it-is-that-35-is-the-end-of/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [Im sick of the foodies who need every morsel that goes into their mouth to be a Picasso painting, a Giacometti sculpture, a Proust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/im-sick-of-the-foodies-who-need-every-morsel-that-goes-into-their/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [You know how Bed Bath & Beyond sells those white noise machines that help you sleep? And they usually make ocean noises? I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/you-know-how-bed-bath-beyond-sells-those-white-noise-machines-that/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [I see an insidious problem in the marketing of weddings as 'the happiest day of your life.' The pressure that is placed upon this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/i-see-an-insidious-problem-in-the-marketing-of-weddings-as-the/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [Being witty was the only side effect of being depressed that was working for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/being-witty-was-the-only-side-effect-of-being-depressed-that-was/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) > [“If you’re worried that skipping the pain of childbirth means you’re somehow cheating your baby, or yourself, you’re not. Because the truth is, life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-klein/if-you-re-worried-that-skipping-the-pain-of-childbirth-means-you-re/) [Jessi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-klein/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-comedy/jessi-klein/#itemlist", "name": "1 Just Comedy Quotes By Jessi Klein", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The very first time I did standup, I went to an open mike on the Lower East Side at a place that doesn't exist anymore. 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