Comedy Quotes

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Intelligent media companies strive to provide both intellectual and comedy programs, groundbreaking and reflective articles, art house and popular movies. Not to be open minded… — Lachlan Murdoch
There is a lot of comedy in magic, and magic going wrong, and also it is a dramatic subject. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
As the tall dark and handsome male star, Carey Grant always stands for male beauty and desirability, whether in a 30s screwball, a 40s film… — Steven A. Cohen
I used to go to the library all the time when I was kid. As a teenager, I got a book on how to write… — Drew Carey
A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long, comedy is played by an incomparable actor. — Champfleury
Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside. — Ernst Lubitsch
Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself. — Lita Grey
I have a little sister, and I'm constantly annoyed [by] how terribly written most females are in most everything - and especially in comedy. Their… — Jay Baruchel
None of us grew up feeling like winners. So thank you to the bullies, to the popular kids, to the gym teachers who taunted us,… — Steven Levitan
I think of shock as kind of an uptown form of surprise. Comedy is filled with surprise, so when I cross a line... I like… — George Carlin
The safest genre is the horror film. But the most unsafe - the most dangerous - is comedy. Because even if your horror film isn't… — Roger Corman
Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy. — Edmund Gwenn
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet, not on the… — Ted Kooser
I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was… — Robin Williams
Comedy - and I say this with humility - comedy needs me. — Joan Rivers
I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether;… — P.G. Wodehouse
It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organising them.… — Elliott Erwitt
Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy. — Luke McShane
Greece won the 2004 European Championship with the oldest trick in the book: man-for-man marking. Why? Because nobody expected it - and by the time… — Martin Samuel
Comedy keeps the heart sweet; but we all know that there is wholesome refreshment for both mind and heart in an occasional climb among the… — Mark Twain

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