Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do… — Thomas Kretschmann
I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable. — Rick Moody
And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its… — William Peter Blatty
Got a proper job at 28. Gave it up to try comedy at 38. Decided to get fit and healthy at 48. It's never too… — Ricky Gervais
I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it… — Mitch Hedberg
Comedy is the kindly contemplation of the incongruous. — P.G. Wodehouse
Great comedy calls large matters into question. — Penelope Gilliatt
Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy. — Bob Hope
What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it. — Denis Diderot
I'll make fun of anybody. We're all about falling down and going boom on camera. — Stephen Colbert
You can say things in a comedy that you never can say in a drama. — John Forsythe
I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way. — Kevin Eubanks
We read Charlotte Bronte not for exquisite observation of character, not for comedy, not for a philosophic view of life, but for her poetry. Probably… — Virginia Woolf
Success is the enemy of comedy. — Jerry Seinfeld
Well, for me, it's the relationship between comedy and life - that's the edge I live on, and maybe it's my protection against looking at… — Harold Ramis
Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I hope we aren't… — Ronald Reagan
We resort, frankly, to pies, which is a comedy staple that's gone back, I guess, to since the first pie was ever baked. — Johnny Carson
I just always loved comedy and I really wanted to be good at it. And it was heartbreaking, 'cause I started and I wasn't good… — Louis C. K.
Sexcastle is a perfect mix of homage and comedy, action and irony, loving tribute and hilarious send-up of the great, good, and ungodly-bad action movies… — Matt Fraction
Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually have comic touches to the… — H. L. Mencken
The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was. — Chevy Chase
The vault above us is not deaf because the universe is an idiot; the silence is not the heartless silence of an endless and aimless… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain. — Wendy Wasserstein
I've mainly been in dramas, so this is one of my first comedy kind of performances in Cecil B. Demented. — Stephen Dorff
The funniest thing about comedy is that you never know why people laugh. I know what makes them laugh but trying to get your hands… — W.C. Fields

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