Abraham Quote by Louis C. K

A lot of the comedians nowadays just do comedy as a stepping stone. Take for example Dane Cook. The guy is huge. The main…

— Gabriel Iglesias

When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to stand up…

— Jimmy O. Yang

A lot of times, people will have after-parties or try and host an event for comedians, and they misunderstand us. They think it should…

— Tig Notaro

I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He's probably the best comedian…

— Ron White

Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers…

— Florenz Ziegfeld

A comedian's job itself is tough. But I have been lucky to have made people laugh.

— Johnny Lever

Richard Pryor - he had stories, he had characters, he had short jokes, and he had bits. He had all those things. Eddie Murphy…

— Charlie Murphy

I'm not a comedian, I'm not a stand-up and I don't come from a comedy background. I am an actor, but I've had a…

— Darren Boyd

Before I even knew what stand up was, I tried to make people laugh at school because that was how I made friends, so…

— Bill Burr

I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they…

— Ricky Gervais

You know, a comedian's comedian is just that - it's a guy who's original and funny and can make comics laugh.

— Jim Norton

The only one that got through was Jimmy Walker, because he plays the gas station attendant. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, it's…

— David Zucker