Comedy Quote by Dana Gould

It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like…

— Dan Ariely

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

— Kevin Hart

But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience with no clothes on,…

— Evan Davis

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy.

— John DiMaggio

Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a child or…

— Bo Burnham

I had been writing and performing stand-up comedy pretty much the entire time I worked at Google.

— Sarah Cooper

About a year after I moved to Los Angeles, I decided I wanted to be a joke writer for a late night talk show.…

— Anthony Jeselnik

You know, it wasn't even that I'm a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to do it. It was one…

— Bill Burr

Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in…

— Mike Nichols

Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able to take…

— Maz Jobrani

Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.

— Sam Kinison

When you're standing around for an hour doing stand up it's no big deal but when you're standing around watching a show for an…

— Joe Rogan

Stand-up comedy in the end, unlike the rest of the entertainment industry, is a meritocracy. There's a certain level of undeniability you can work…

— Jim Gaffigan

Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because…

— Howie Mandel

To perform stand-up comedy in a club, that's the most exciting profession in the world. You're like Spartacus going into battle because every show…

— Soupy Sales