Comedy Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a…

— Laura Linney

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it.

— Madeline Kahn

Comedy is very strange to me and I don't fully understand it's purpose or function.

— Bo Burnham

The object of a comedy is not to correct morals or ridicule the vices of society; no, a comedy should depict the discrepancies between…

— Vissarion Belinsky

Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.

— Trevor Noah

Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We…

— Alan King

To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.

— Louis C. K

Comedy has a way of dealing with serious issues and finding humour in it.

— Eddie Griffin

I believe in putting out positivity into the world and so comedy is a job where you feel like you're making people happy. It's…

— Karan Soni

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

— Zosia Mamet

The most protean aspect of comedy is its potentiality for transcending itself, for responding to the conditions of tragedy by laughing in the darkness.

— Harry Levin