Comedy Quote by George Carlin

Humor is based on surprise, and surprise is a milder way of saying shock. It's surprise that makes the joke.

— George Carlin

Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it,…

— George Carlin

I don't think any comedy is ever shocking. I don't buy that. That's just what people brand it, when someone is saying something they…

— Jim Norton

Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.

— Bill Watterson

It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after.

— John Waters

If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there's a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting this to…

— Bo Burnham

I think of shock as kind of an uptown form of surprise. Comedy is filled with surprise, so when I cross a line... I…

— George Carlin

Nobody sets out to offend or shock for the sake of shocking. You set out to get laughs.

— Seth MacFarlane

If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do ; try to be shocking and dirty.

— John Waters

The idea of surprise is part of what makes something funny, or what gets a reaction. At least when I'm an audience member, after…

— Charlyne Yi

“It's the shock of the thing, is what I'm saying, and my new and somewhat untested theory is that when something is shocking it…

— Krystelle Bamford

It bothers me when people say 'shock comic' or 'gross-out' because that was only one type of comedy I did. There was prank comedy.…

— Tom Green