Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

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. — Unknown Author
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… — Unknown Author
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
Some people think it is difficult to be a Christian and to laugh, but I think it's the other way around. God writes a lot… — Garrison Keillor
Life is not a tragedy, it is a comedy. To be alive means to have a sense of humor. — Rajneesh
... life is moral responsibility. Life is several other things, we do not deny. It is beauty, it is joy, it is tragedy, it is… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why… — Jonathan Coulton
Both law and comedy are heavily focused on thought and viewing all angles. To write a good joke, you have to look at a premise… — Unknown Author
When comedy is good, it's jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes… — Billy Crystal
I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip… — Parker Posey
Guns have metamorphosed into cameras in this earnest comedy, the ecology safari, because nature has ceased to be what it always had been - what… — Susan Sontag
I'm Here All Weak might be the strangest comedy album I have ever heard. But I've listened twice, which is more than I listen to… — Tom Scharpling
Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art… — Betty Buckley
For a comedy to work, magic has to happen. — Bradley Cooper
I definitely am a huge lover of comedy, and it's only through doing so many comedies that I've realised how much of an influence they've… — Bradley Cooper
I'm not at all funny. I can do dark comedy pretty well, but straight-up comedy, I don't know. I'm much darker. I've been like that… — Rooney Mara
I don't devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit. — Ben Stiller
I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities. — Ben Stiller

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