Comedy Quote by Mort Sahl Download Open image “When people write comedy from neutrality, it just gets kind of silly.” — Mort Sahl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Gets Humor Just Kind Neutrality People Silly Write
Comedy is hostile to profundity, and brings everything to the surface. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary. — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness. — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people. — Michael Patrick King Copy Share Image
Comedy is able to point out things in ways that more serious people cannot. — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness. — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
People, when they talk or write about comedy, they don't really get it. — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
Remember that no matter how selfish, how cruel, how unfeeling you have been today, every time you take a breath, you make a flower… — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
Comedians have to challenge the power. Comedians should be dangerous and devastating - and funny. That's the hardest part. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
Too much comedy today is vulgar, not clever. I say that as a comedian and as a consumer. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
“The beat generation is a coffeehouse full of people expectantly looking at their watches waiting for the beat generation to come on. *1958” — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
“I don't think crucifixion is the answer. I believe in the resurrection. I like that part of the story.” — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
Every time the Russians throw an American in jail, the Committee throws an American in jail to get even. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
Those who the gods would make rich and famous on TV, they first drive mad. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
Obama says his recreation consists of reading the Constitution... looking for a loophole. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
There's a great feeling of powerlessness in America. When I express ideas to people, they say, 'That's terrific, but do you think it really… — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
You can't cheat comedy. You know, it either is going to be there on the day you capture or it's not. — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area. — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
I always worked on holidays when I had to wait tables and stuff like that, so I'm used to it, but now I just… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
