Almost Quote by Hiam Abbass

Making someone laugh is a good way to get their defences down so that they might then be open to new ideas, especially when…

— Mae Martin

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh. It is there in the phrase 'making people laugh.' You feel completely in control…

— Gilda Radner

Well yes I think laughter is joyous, laughter is crucial. I think thats why I love comedy and thats why Im in comedy in…

— Mike Wozniak

Laughter is one of the great beacons in life because we don't refract it by gunning it through our intellectual prism. What makes us…

— Dennis Miller

“A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which you realize that you are trapped in a world almost entirely devoid…

— Gene Weingarten

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

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

— Louis C. K

A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid…

— Dave Barry

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

I believe comedy is a really good lens to filter serious issues through. If people are laughing, they don't necessarily realize until they stop…

— Kenya Barris

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep…

— Will Durst

What I love about comedy is that it's unquestionably working. There are varying degrees of that, where there's something that makes you smile and…

— Abbi Jacobson