Comedy Quote by Josh Widdicombe

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

It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm and some…

— Jim Gaffigan

I think cynicism often disguises itself as humour.

— Michka Assayas

I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of…

— Mike Birbiglia

I believe that people, more often than not, act with the best possible intentions. And when they don't, that's funny to me. That's why…

— Stephen Colbert

I really try, at least consciously, not to be cynical or ironic.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I've gotten very cynical and kind of anhedonic about all the things I have to do to get to do comedy: all the travel,…

— Patton Oswalt

My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

— Anna Faris

Being serious is serious business in fiction. It's commercial or hoi polloi in fiction to be funny. It's too accessible to the great unwashed.

— Joshua Ferris

There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor…

— Molly Ivins

Seriousness is no more a guarantee of truth, insight, authenticity or probity, than humour is a guarantee of superficiality and stupidity.

— Stephen Fry

In a satire, you need foolishness.

— Shoojit Sircar