Comedian Quote by Margaret Cho

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

The whole point of real comedy is that you can say something that is true, and by being funny, you can make it tolerable…

— Dave Rubin

You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off because comedians…

— John Cena

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

— Louis C. K

If you watch most of the stuff on TV and in movies, it's usually put-down humor. It's like somebody being mean or cynical or…

— Paul Rust

Because you make me laugh don't make you a comic. A comedian is a person who, that's how they make their living.

— Dick Gregory

People don't realize it's not just about being funny, and they don't know how perceptive a comedian needs to be about human nature. You…

— Erik Griffin

Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Comedy is very strange to me and I don't fully understand it's purpose or function.

— Bo Burnham

Laughter is a way of really letting out all this pressure that you could face in your daily life in the suffering of your…

— Hiam Abbass

Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that…

— Kate McKinnon

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