Culture Quote by John Lurie

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

— Anonymous

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

“Human beings are unable to be about the serious business of living and building societies if they feel compelled to always clown or entertain…

— Na'im Akbar

I think a lot of people, when they don't quite fit in in the world, use humor to combat that and to find their…

— Kaya Scodelario

I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere, but they're just not comedians. In fact, some of my best comedic inspirations were not…

— Steve Martin

I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have…

— Adam Carolla

The ability to be funny is pretty widespread in the population.

— Robert Mankoff

I think everyone is born funny. Sadly, some lives beat it out of them. I don't know what allows someone to keep being funny…

— Catherine O'Hara

The really authentic thing about humor is that anyone can pretend to be serious. Anyone who's ever had a job - in fact, we're…

— Billy Collins

Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly.

— Rebecca Miller

Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny. Anybody funny…

— Jon Lovitz

I've always been leery of comical artists because I think oftentimes they're hiding the fact that they're not that talented. For example, with Martin…

— Diego Cortez