About Quote by Bo Burnham

Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.

— Bill Watterson

I just keep surprising myself, I guess.

— Simone Biles

I hope I'm always surprising people, and I hope I'm always surprising myself.

— Bishop Briggs

Humor is based on surprise, and surprise is a milder way of saying shock. It's surprise that makes the joke.

— George Carlin

The idea of surprise is part of what makes something funny, or what gets a reaction. At least when I'm an audience member, after…

— Charlyne Yi

You can analyse a joke and say it's funny because this guy thought this was going to happen, and that happened, and it's surprising.…

— John Lloyd

Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.

— Herbert Gardner

The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised - to notice that there is something funny going on.

— David Gelernter

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

— Merrie Spaeth

A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it's really strange. But when I…

— Billy Crystal

I don't like the phrase shock value. Surprise is essential in comedy, and if people are shocked by what I consider merely surprising, then…

— George Carlin

The minute you're laughing, some people will say you're laughing at people.

— Sean Baker