Awareness Quote by Hasan Minhaj

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

— Maria Bamford

All comedians are people who really deeply consider the human experience not only a dirty trick perpetrated by a totally meaningless procedure of accidents,…

— William Saroyan

It's important that comedians talk about difficult and dangerous subjects; you have to be very careful that you don't just hear the subject heading…

— Frank Skinner

People complain that joking about serious subjects is 'making light' of them. Isn't that a good idea? Comedy lets the air out of the…

— Peter Baynham

I think the best comedians have that bravery and courage to say, 'This is what it is. This is unfair; that's not cool.'

— Hasan Minhaj

The public is gullible. ... If [many satirists are] making the same joke, that's the danger. Then there's a solidifying effect and it becomes…

— Bill Maher

That's the thing that most people don't realize. In real life, comedians aren't funny. They save it. They save it up.

— Michael Showalter

Let me assure you that the humourless as a bunch don't just not know what's funny, they don't know what's serious. They have no…

— Martin Amis

I think only things that are personal to us offend us. It's always bizarre when people who would normally laugh at an AIDS joke…

— Jim Jefferies

Most comedians I know are quite serious, anxious people who find life rather difficult. As a consequence, they make people laugh.

— Robyn Hitchcock

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

— Anonymous

Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.

— Niels Bohr