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Quotes About Humor

We try not to encourage demonstrations of his mastery of the gaseous arts.
~ James Patterson
Stand-up is an amazing art form, I think, because it's all about you having complete control of the situation, but absolutely none.
~ Jim Gaffigan
Stand-up is probably the most solo performance in art.
~ Louis C. K.
I think comedy is an angry art form; it's an outsider art form.
~ Margaret Cho
Comedy is a noble art.
~ Margaret Cho
Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.
~ Margaret Cho
Laugh, if thou art wise.
~ Martial
Do I suffer for my art? Well, I get a lot of flatulence when I'm nervous.
~ Martin Clunes
You're laughing at everything that's bringing me down.
~ Matthew Sweet
The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.
~ Mike Birbiglia
My brothers are both 6 ft. 5 in., and if you have younger brothers who are bigger than you then you have to learn the ancient martial art of sarcasm.
~ Nick Moran
Art Modell was a visionary, a deal-maker and a friend. And he possessed a marvelous sense of humor.
~ Steve Tisch
My cousin's a fool, and thou art another.
~ William Shakespeare
Do you write novels?" I said."Novels, Lord no, " she said. "I can't even stay married.
~ Unknown
The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it...try to fake three laughs in an hour -- ha ha ha ha ha -- they'll take you away, man. You can't.
~ Lenny Bruce
A red nose is the clown's mask and my moustache is mine.
~ Nuno Roque
I attended Art & Design High School, and at one point, you had to write about what you wanted to be when you grew up. I wrote that I wanted to be a writer for 'Mad' magazine.
~ Amy Heckerling
It's obviously funny to be a meme, so I could be down with it in that regard, but it also belittles one's art.
~ Grimes
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
~ Oscar Wilde
You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Attitude is almost more important than what happens to you.
~ Dick Van Dyke
Laughter is the only tenable attitude in a universe which is a joke played on itself.
~ Peter J. Carroll
There are very few comics that understand about exciting the crowd, and that's what I always prided myself on: giving a more confident macho attitude towards delivering material.
~ Andrew Dice Clay
I think cats would have an even worse attitude if they found out how stupid their names were.
~ Demetri Martin
Actually, being married to me probably would be something of a joke . . . but yeah, I mean it. What do you think?
~ Danielle Steel