Funny Quote by Yakov Smirnoff Download Open image “After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.” — Yakov Smirnoff ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Funny Humor People Soviet Soviet union Unions
Sometimes I do readings and people can’t stop laughing, but I’m reading about pretty tragic things. I think Soviet humor is a desperate humor,… — Alina Bronsky Copy Share Image
Life under the Soviet system was often funny, absurd really, especially for children. — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
I think the reason I became funny was because if I made people laugh, they would let me keep talking. — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
When the USSR collapsed, I was 11, and unlike many people, I don't miss it. — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
I was never funny. There were funny people I was around, but I wasn't a funny guy. I was dead serious about everything. I… — Deon Cole Copy Share Image
I told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now — Bob Monkhouse Copy Share Image
I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
I remember a time when it was ok to make fun of politicians and powerful people. Now, it's not ok anymore. We've forgotten how… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
I was a comedian in Russia, and I worked on the cruise ships there. I met a lot of Americans, and they were laughing… — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
As Americans after 9/11, we're much more united, together as a nation, and we got stronger, better, and more at peace. By peace, I… — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
A Russian Reversal quote on Uncyclopedia's Soviet Union article? How original. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
In every country, they make fun of city. In U.S. you make fun of Cleveland. In Russia, we make fun of Cleveland. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to… — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
Sometimes I look at my awesome twitter followers & think to myself, What the hell would I do without them :) — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Congratulations to Facebook on going public with all my private information... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you were to send a werewolf to the moon, would he be a werewolf permanently? — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
