Comic Quotes

777 quotes by 558 authors

We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose! — Alice James
New Rule: If an Evangelical tries to use Halloween to pimp Jesus to kids, they get to egg his house. On Halloween, the president of… — Bill Maher
It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when he is human, soon takes upon itself the… — Joseph Conrad
The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need to put on a white… — James Hillman
Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards, and aims of the urban masses. In one way or… — C. Wright Mills
Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is nothing in the animal world, to my mind, more delightful than grown cats at play. They are so swift and light and graceful,… — Monica Edwards
When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books and I was the hero of the comic book.… — Elvis Presley
This is not to be cocky, but, I go over real well at Comic-Con. I've done quite a few Comic-Cons, and I enjoy the hell… — Kristen Bell
Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers. — Jim Woodring
You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets it on paper,… — Samuel Johnson
He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he struggled for a… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to me. Your newspapers… — Oscar Wilde
If a man wants to set up as an innkeeper and he does not succeed, it is not comic. If, on the contrary, a girl… — Soren Kierkegaard
I sought to reform minstrelsy among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive words which belong… — Stephen Foster
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… — Troy Walker
I didn't see a lot of comic books growing up. — Henry Cavill
I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or… — Kristen Bell
I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned — Kristen Bell

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