Absurdity Quote by Simon Amstell

Most comedy comes out of misery.

— Seth Rogen

Misery is the stuff of comedy, if one can just live long enough to get over it.

— Charles Platt

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in…

— Danny Boyle

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

— Angela Carter

Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else.

— W. C. Fields

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy.

— Steve Coogan

I certainly do believe that a lot of comedy comes from awkwardness and embarrassment - pointing out the ways things are uncomfortable. Definitely the…

— Christian Finnegan

Comedy comes from some of our saddest moments.

— Quinta Brunson

You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change…

— Harold Ramis

“comedy and comic satisfaction thrive on things that do not exactly add up. They thrive on these discrepancies as a source of pleasure rather…

— Alenka Zupančič

Where I find it very difficult to get comedy from and where I naturally don't go is human suffering.

— Omid Djalili

Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and cause for…

— Elbert Hubbard