Best Comedians Lines
204 Comedians quotes by 175 unique authors
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Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.
— Bob Newhart
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All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.
— Bob Newhart
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I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.
— Bob Newhart
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I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up…
— Patton Oswalt
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Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.
— John Podhoretz
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I'd say any good set or any comedy that I've worked on, that's worked, has been comedians pitching ideas back and forth to each other.…
— Amy Poehler
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Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.
— Chris Rock
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Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
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The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the…
— Rita Rudner
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Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.
— Mort Sahl
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The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.
— Jerry Seinfeld
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With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like…
— Sylvester Stallone
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There is plenty of television. There are plenty of talk shows. There are plenty of comedians. But there is not plenty of worship of the…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're…
— Rachel Weisz
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Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion and questioning everything…
— Steven Wright
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When I was on TV in the '80s, I wasn't thinking, 'There's a 10-year-old kid watching this and in 15 years, he's gonna be doing…
— Steven Wright
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When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.
— Chris Hardwick
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Comedians and jazz musicians have been more comforting and enlightening to me than preachers or politicians or philosophers or poets or painters or novelists of…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Anything to declare? the customs inspector said."Two pound of uncut heroin and a manual of pornographic art," Mark answered, looking about for Kity. All Americans…
— Leon Uris
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Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.
— Jim Butcher
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In 1987, I was in Edinburgh doing my first one-man show. I took part in a kickabout with some fellow comedians and tripped over my…
— Paul Merton
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In general, comedians are attracted to vice.
— Natasha Leggero
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The Internet has done nothing but good for comedy all around. Comedians no longer have to rely on TV execs and club owners deciding if…
— Doug Stanhope
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There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make…
— John Oliver
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I think that sometimes only comedians can reach the peaks of tragedy.
— Roberto Benigni
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