Comedy Quote by Bryant H. McGill

The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because…

— James Thurber

Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and cause for…

— Elbert Hubbard

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

— Angela Carter

There used to be such a thing as a sick joke, or laughing at misfortune, because comedy and laughter are a way of coping.…

— Limmy

Even in the face of tragedy, human beings need to find a way to laugh. It's normal. It's life.

— Jordan Gavaris

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Making people laugh one moment and the…

— Steve Coogan

Comedy exists to laugh at things that aren't laughable. But isn't it? That's what separates us from the animals. We laugh.

— Joan Rivers

Comedy comes from some of our saddest moments.

— Quinta Brunson

“Tragedy is just comedy that hasn’t come to fruition. One day we will laugh at this. We will laugh at everything.”

— Matt Haig

You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change…

— Harold Ramis

Laughter is a way of really letting out all this pressure that you could face in your daily life in the suffering of your…

— Hiam Abbass

As comedians, we are all laughing because life is so horrible. Life is so difficult, and I cope with it by making jokes about…

— Joan Rivers