Ability Quote by Alan King

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a…

— Laura Linney

Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and…

— George Meredith

Comedy is the result of what's happening, not what people are doing. Because if people are doing comedy. It's embarrassing. The individual elements have…

— Christoph Waltz

What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's…

— Bryan Cranston

comedy is a high form of art becaus it brings us more joy than anything else, practically but at the same time, it doesn't…

— Jim Carrey

Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that…

— Kate McKinnon

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about those subjects…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

Comedy is grievances. It's a recitation of grievances - whether they're inconsequential, superficial - like "my wife shops too much", or "kids today", all…

— George Carlin

Comedy is something that we can all share, no matter what language we speak or our background, it has the power to unite us…

— Paul Goodman

There's a lot of ordinariness, and people tend to play to the same regressive tropes - sexism, patriarchy, unkindness to the oppressed. Comedy shouldn't…

— Varun Grover

Making comedy is a privilege, so you should be doing something no one else can do. That's when it feels like art; it's a…

— Lolly Adefope