Comedian Quote by Milton Berle Download Open image “Like every comedian, if I heard a joke that I thought would work, I used it.” — Milton Berle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedian Joke Like Used Work
Once you do a joke and it works it's only good for so long, like shooting fish in a barrel. — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I was inspired by people telling me I should be a comedian. I tried it and had a really good first set, so I… — Nikki Glaser Copy Share Image
That's one of the things about comedy - I think it works best when it's contextualized, as opposed to kind of an island of… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of… — Taran Killam Copy Share Image
As a comedian, you have to say something that people relate to, or nobody laughs. — John Bishop Copy Share Image
For me personally, being a comedian is having funny ideas and saying them: it's not just saying them. I need the complete process. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy. — Denis Norden Copy Share Image
The job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but a lot of my interests are in politics so I'm going to use… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
I'm not really a comedian, innit; I just naturally say things which people class as funny. — Big Narstie Copy Share Image
A man falls down a flight of stairs and somebody rushes over to him and asks, Did you miss a step? No, he answers,… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies. — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
My sister-in-law found a real surprise in her stockings - my brother. — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
When I was in school, one of my teachers was crazy about me. I once heard her tell another teacher, "I wish he was… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
Every year my boss used to give me a bottle of expensive brandy because I'd told him that my doctor suggested a drink once… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
The problem with life is, by the time you can read women like a book, your library card has expired. — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
I don't mind personal insults, but when you insult the jokes that I tell you're insulting Fred Allen, Bob Hope, Burns and Allen, Trevor… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
I like to think of myself as the middleman between Fred Allen and Henny Youngman. — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
What an orchestra! They just sit there, but their minds are thousands of miles away with their bookies. — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more. — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies.… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I think that… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore. — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
Gary Greenberg is a thoughtful comedian and a cranky philosopher and a humble pest of a reporter, equal parts Woody Allen, Kierkegaard, and Columbo.… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
