Bubbles Quote by Denis Leary

One of the jobs of comedy is to expose hypocrisy. When you look at countries like Iran or North Korea that don't have freedom…

— Maz Jobrani

Some comedians are silly or goofy or straight joke writers who avoid anything subversive or political. Others are drawn to it. The beauty of…

— Ted Alexandro

With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

— Chris Hardwick

There's an elusive element to comedy, but nobody gets it for free. That's why comedians seldom criticise each other.

— Sean Lock

I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my…

— Jeff Dunham

Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills.

— Tracy Morgan

There's a fallacy with stand up comedy, which is, people come up to comedians, and they go, 'You say what I think but I'm…

— Jim Jefferies

Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are?…

— Howie Mandel

There's a real freedom in being involved in a comedy. You can lean into the silliness of who we are as people.

— Harris Dickinson

Comedy clubs are arguably one of the last bastions of uncensored, public free speech.

— Ted Alexandro

“Wokeism's impact on free speech becomes pronounced when it leads to the cancellation of individuals expressing opinions, even through the medium of comedy. Comedy,…

— James William Steven Parker

But in reality the point of free speech is for the stuff that’s over the line, and strikingly unbalanced. If free speech is only…

— Mark Steyn