Business Quote by David Zucker

I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.

— P. J. O'Rourke

There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We…

— Bob Newhart

But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine.

— Jerry Zucker

I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but…

— David Zucker

A lot of political people, especially people on the left, have forgotten the importance of humor as an incredible weapon, and a vehicle through…

— Michael Moore

Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes us as funny now…

— Craig Brown

I think humor is actually a very serious thing. I think the people who shaped culture, for the better, in the last 50 years…

— John Lurie

The dominant type of humor in the '60s was essentially defensive and self-deprecating, using humor as a shield.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Human beings are unable to be about the serious business of living and building societies if they feel compelled to always clown or entertain…

— Na'im Akbar

We always wanted to make a comedy that was a little bit more than that, which had tragic elements to it... that people engaged…

— Alice Lowe

The American public highly overrates its sense of humor. We're great belly laughers and prat fallers, but we never really did have a real…

— Bill Mauldin

It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm and some…

— Jim Gaffigan