Any Quote by Stephen Colbert

What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

A lot of comedians want people to listen to them. I don't think we've ever been that bothered about whether people would want to…

— Bob Mortimer

We do not take humor seriously enough.

— Konrad Lorenz

It's important that comedians talk about difficult and dangerous subjects; you have to be very careful that you don't just hear the subject heading…

— Frank Skinner

It's very confusing to me why people take comedians so seriously.

— Brad Williams

In my brain, it's simple: On the podcast, we're really never serious about anything, ever.

— Joe Budden

You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy.

— Paula Patton

There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you have to do is report…

— Will Rogers

I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.

— Will Ferrell

I take them seriously but I try not to read them. I take them personally, that's why I don't read them. I think people…

— Antoine Fuqua

Let me assure you that the humourless as a bunch don't just not know what's funny, they don't know what's serious. They have no…

— Martin Amis

I think everybody you know, we all have a sense of humor and I'm not one to take myself too seriously.

— John Cena