Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me. ”

For some reason, people find me funny. It's quite hard to define why a thought is funny. It's even harder to define why a person would be funny. It's a word that I can't define at all. But whether I know quite what it is or not, I seem to be it. ”

You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it's funny, and then on the next night you can go to a play that's enjoyable because it's 'disturbing.' ”

I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally. ”

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. ”

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. ”

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance. ”

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. ”

That's how to make a stand-up comedian: You take a person who is uncomfortable and try to squirrel their way out of it through humor. ”

When I was starting out, I was just bringing a garbage bag of jokes onstage, pulling them out like, 'What about this? No? Alright.' I was just trying to be funny about anything. ”