Barbell Quote by W. C. Fields

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic…

— Dick Cavett

“How terribly unfair that his whole self aches because of the shape of a shoulder, the soft line of a hip.”

— Nathan Englander

So many comics, skinny and fat, make fat jokes.

— Ralphie May

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.

— Fred Allen

The comics I've talked to have varied styles as stand-ups, but the throughline is that it's the most intense thing they've ever done.

— Scott Raab

A man's judgment of whether he is putting on weight is his belt.

— Dave Myers

It's always fun when you see different comics at different weights or with different hair.

— Hari Kondabolu

If a comic is himself, there'll be things he can't do - because he has to adhere to that persona.

— Bo Burnham

The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Part of being a comic is being flexible, being versatile.

— Iliza Shlesinger

I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

— George Carlin

A real man is not about having a muscles,because the real man will do everything and anything to do his responsibilities.

— Mitch Alapan