Quotes About Humor

I think I've kind of carved out a sweet spot for myself by combining science and comedy.

A mimicry artiste should be spontaneous and he should be able to crack jokes on the spot.

I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny.

I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because no one is ever going to seem as funny in a normal conversation as compared to when they're up there onstage in the spotlight making a huge audience keel over with laughter.

I used to spill things on my t-shirts, leaving oily dark spots down the front that I would try to hide with loose-fitting dress shirts. Nowadays all I have to do is tell everyone my son did it. I skirt the 'slob' moniker and instead look like a dedicated father who doesn't even have time to change.

The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.

I had to sit down and promise the kids I would no longer have any spray tans. My husband started sending me the carrot emoji.

I'm going to take this God-given gift of being funny, and I'm going to spread it out like peanut butter on everything I do.

To be amused at what you read - that is the great spring of quotation.

If you're not going to love the Spurs, just don't talk smack to me about it. And if you're going to talk smack to me about it, be funny.

My wife has a small part in 'Spy,' and that movie killed me repeatedly.

I think a lot of people like hidden-camera shows where they think they're spying on somebody who doesn't know they're looking at them. And nobody takes it seriously - you either enjoy it and get a laugh out of the reactions or not.

I love the Zucker brothers' films - 'Airplane!,' 'Top Secret' and 'Police Squad!' - are my formative experiences.

I'm always playing jokes, even on the manager - some, not many. I want to try and keep my place in the squad.

I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.

What makes 'Pootie Tang' the motion picture enjoyable is its no-brow ambitions; it's a joke action film. It slides through enough African-American pop culture signifiers to raise laughs out of those who will appreciate the references; it revels in more cheese per square inch than a soul food diner.

Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign.

A natural sponge is not as funny. A square sponge also fit that squeaky-clean idea I was going for.

I drew these natural sponges for a while and gave them googly eyes, and it didn't come together until I drew a sink sponge one day. I thought, 'This is the guy.' He's the square peg, literally, in this world of animals.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

I'll squeeze the cider out of your adam's apple.

I Sellotape whole tins of sardines to my face at night, attach two squeezed lemon rinds to my armadillo-skinned elbows, and put cucumber on my eyes. By the time I'm finished, I look like a fruit salad with added fish. In the morning, the pillow is pretty much a write-off.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.