Comedy Quote by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.

— Trevor Noah

To be a comic, you must reveal yourself in your most grotesque nudity. And it's only then, when the truth gets told, when the…

— Melissa Leo

There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some…

— Ronnie Corbett

As a comedian, I am obligated to tell you the truth, my truth. To share with you my beliefs, my perspective. And I think…

— Dane Cook

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.

— Sid Caesar

Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the…

— Twyla Tharp

Comics seemed to have a handle on things. They could sort of disarm and get control over reality. I found it very comforting to…

— Marc Maron

Comics write to their point of view. If you're an exceedingly irreverent comedian, you've got to see where that point of view fits or…

— Jim Gaffigan

A lot of comics just joke around, but it's just as important to get the truth out there.

— Lisa Lampanelli

Comedy mocks the vanity of visions of rational control. The person who can joke amidst a confrontation with evil, like the quick-witted Spider-Man, must…

— Peter Leithart

“The biggest myth about comedy is that it’s magical, unknowable, unteachable. Those who subscribe to that myth believe that the world is divided into…

— Anonymous

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