Comic Quote by Ari Shaffir Download Open image “Laughs, just laughs. It's the only motivation of a comic.” — Ari Shaffir ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comic Just Laughs Laughter Motivation Only
As a comic, you are trying to please people in some way - to make them laugh. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
When comics are in the room, people have a tendency to try to make them laugh. That doesn't really make you funnier. It makes… — Jermaine Fowler Copy Share Image
I don't feel bad about the fact that I notice if a lot of people laugh at a comic, and think, 'That worked; I'll… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
Funny comes in different levels. Like not looking seasoned, or not looking prepared, the way that an actual comic should look, becomes funny. — Deon Cole Copy Share Image
If a comic laughs at their own jokes, I don't like it. They shouldn't find it funny; they should seriously believe in this stupid… — James Acaster Copy Share Image
The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
My favorite comics are the ones who say funny stuff but also give you the message. They give you the laughter, but there's also… — Tony Rock Copy Share Image
There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things are accidental. — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
To be a comic, you must reveal yourself in your most grotesque nudity. And it's only then, when the truth gets told, when the… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true! That's why… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
The biggest thing I lost when I left religion was that sense of community and the culture. It was an unexpected kind of free-falling.… — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
Early on, I had a girlfriend come see me, and she was like, 'Yeah, it was good, but you were funny at a dining… — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
I don't vote and I don't follow who's trying to rule us. The revolution is coming. Until then, I'll just watch 'Game of Thrones.' — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
I worked for the Comedy Store as an employee trying to become a paid regular. I had this dream of achieving a half hour… — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
Very rarely are you going to see a story about a comic winning a fight. Yeah we're all degenerates in some way and we're… — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
I have a running daydream about winning an Oscar and giving my speech about how ridiculous it is to rank art. And then I'd… — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
The big problem for comic art is you don't want to overwork it. If a drawing is overworked it isn't funny. It's the spontaneity… — Edward Sorel Copy Share Image
Most men are secretly still mad at their mothers for throwing away their comic books. They would be valuable now. — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to… — Thomas Sankara Copy Share Image
I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting. — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I never envisioned when I was reading that comic as a 17-year-old that I would have the opportunity to actually play the character. — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
Describing comic sensibility is near impossible. It's sort of an abstract silliness, that sometimes the joke isn't the star. — Dana Carvey Copy Share Image
I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
When you think of comic book readers, you never think of the brown girl, and I was that. — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
“The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
