Comedian Quote by Godfrey Download Open image “If Mandela were a comedian, I bet he would never get mad at a heckler, he'd give him or her a hug.” — Godfrey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedian Giving Hecklers Hug Ifs Mad
Mandela is this extraordinary individual who can inspire the world. Instead of wanting revenge after being brutalized, he showed the world how to forgive. — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
Mandela means a lot to the world. He's something special. There's only a few people in the history of mankind with that kind of… — Ruud Gullit Copy Share Image
I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Nelson's Mandela own sense of himself was a very humble reading, [different] from how the world read him. And, quite often, you had the… — Kumi Naidoo Copy Share Image
I mean my goal is to get Michael Richards to do stand up at the Laugh Factory to an all black audience. — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
One thing we are sure of is there's no one like Nelson Mandela out there. That's too bad for us. — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
Mandela was chosen as a symbol of the South African struggle, and he did that great. But I wasn't just happy for him. I… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I'd like to believe that I would be able to give in the same way Mandela did, but in reality, I don't know whether… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
My black friends in America don't believe me. I said, 'Dude, I'm Nigerian American.' 'Word? We thought you were, like, regular black.' What the… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
I went to University of Illinois. Big school. 35,000 students. 800 black... I was the only black in every class. Hard to be absent. — Godfrey Copy Share Image
Even if you get a joke right you've done it a thousand times and sometimes there's times where it just doesn't work or someone… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
When my woman kisses me I start dancing like James Brown. Ow! I Feel Good! — Godfrey Copy Share Image
I observe everything around me and when something hits me and it's funny, that's what I talk about. I'm a more observational kind of… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
I got into trouble a lot in school. They say you're a disturbance in class. You're a distraction, they're moving you around. You never… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
I was always the class clown, although many teachers view the class clown as a trouble maker. But I always had good grades, so… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
Customs is punishment for those who travel. This will teach you for traveling to our country! — Godfrey Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes I've been a little too nice. I think you have to have a balance. When you're too nice people take… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
The one thing you don't want to be is a sucky clean comic. I hate sucky clean comics! It's like Christian rock, bro. I'd… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
You know what the bodega is? It's the little Latin store, and they try to act like it's a grocery store. It has two… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more. — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies.… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I think that… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore. — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
Gary Greenberg is a thoughtful comedian and a cranky philosopher and a humble pest of a reporter, equal parts Woody Allen, Kierkegaard, and Columbo.… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image