Accidents Quote by William Saroyan

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

— Maria Bamford

Comedians are great at laughing at themselves, we really are. We mock everyone else and we can take it as well.

— Paul Whitehouse

What I love about comedians is their instinct is always to go against the grain. Their whole existence is pointing out the elephant in…

— Colin Quinn

Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.

— Marilyn Manson

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

— Anonymous

Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.

— Mort Sahl

Most comedians I know are quite serious, anxious people who find life rather difficult. As a consequence, they make people laugh.

— Robyn Hitchcock

There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters.

— Jim Gaffigan

I've seen people who are not very likeable but hilarious. I think comedians get to a point where they know they're funny, so they…

— Ted Alexandro

Comedians can articulate some important and profound ideas that address a lot of the hypocrisy we're inundated with (in the media).

— Ted Alexandro

“Comedians in their infancy are generally selfish, irresponsible, emotionally retarded, morally dubious, substance-addicted animals who live out of boxes and milk crates. They are…

— Marc Maron

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