Character Quote by Anonymous

“To give expression to humour, and write in a strain of graceful pleasantry, is the gift of great geniuses. The cleverest character in comedy…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Comedy characters that take themselves very seriously, but are actually fools, is so funny.

— Natasia Demetriou

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

— Miguel de Cervantes

Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown.

— Gordon Lightfoot

I think there are different kinds of comedians, and I prefer the clowns who are going: 'I'm an idiot, aren't we all a bit…

— Miranda Hart

You know, a comedian's comedian is just that - it's a guy who's original and funny and can make comics laugh.

— Jim Norton

Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself.

— Lita Grey Chaplin

The clown may be the source of mirth, but - who shall make the clown laugh?

— Angela Carter

A genius always presents himself as a fool

— Karim Seddiki

The real fool is the one entertaining foolishness

— Ziyah R

Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and…

— Marc Maron

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky