My idea as far as comedy goes has always been to push the limits of what's acceptable for a woman to do… — Lea DeLaria Copy Share Image
It never hurt Lenny Bruce's career to get arrested for swearing. It did back in the time, but he broke those doors… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I think humor is actually a very serious thing. I think the people who shaped culture, for the better, in the last… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
When I first started out, 'Time' magazine did an article on what it called 'the sick comics,' and they were myself, Shelley… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Lenny Bruce genius was the unique ability to investigate hypocrisy and expose social inequities in a street rap that was really a… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I listened to the greats: Winters, Mel and Carl, Nichols and May, Pryor, Carlin, Klein, Berman and lots… — Richard Lewis Copy Share Image
“The thing is, all my heroes were junkies. Lenny Bruce, Keith Richards, William Burroughs, Miles Davis, Hubert Selby, Jr... These guys were… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
W. Kamau Bell is in the vanguard of a new era of American comedy for an unsettling, troubling, and strangely hopeful time.… — Vernon Reid Copy Share Image
