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Comedy Quotes by Robin Williams
- The only weapon we have is comedy.
- 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…
- It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.
- People would say I never censor. As Billy Crystal says, 'I don't have that button.'
- And you get that little endorphin buzz, it's great. Why do you think Einstein looked like that? I don't think he was going 'You know…
- I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, 'Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much…
- Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.
- I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.
- I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it.
- I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out.
- You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear. Comedy can deal with…
- Ah, yes, divorce... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.
- You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
- We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.
- Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.
- Comedy is acting out optimism.
- People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.
- See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.
- Men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are.
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