Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit in the book… — Alistair Cooke
...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive. There is a comedy in… — John Updike
Selling pot allowed me to get through college and make enough money to start off in comedy. — Bill Maher
I love stoner comedies. I smoked weed in college, but I haven't smoked in years. — Natalie Portman
The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. — Oscar Wilde
How many times go we to comedies, to masques, to places of great and noble resort, nay even to church only to see the company. — John Donne
In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment. — Christopher Fry
Most people go on living their everyday life: half-frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragic-comedy that is being performed on the international stage before… — Albert Einstein
There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I'll be happy when people can just… — Kristen Wiig
We are each the star of our own situation comedy, and, with luck, the screwball friend in somebody else's. — Robert Breault
The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is pretended… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished! — Augustus
Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy. — Mo Rocca
The only weapon we have is comedy. — Robin Williams
When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je'Niece, was born a year later. I… — Bernie Mac
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. — Unknown Author
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

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