Quotes About Humor

Whenever I'm asked what college I attended I'm tempted to reply Thornton Wilder'.

Bumper sticker: Driver carries no cash - he has a son in college.

Bumper sticker: My kid beat the heck out of the student of the month.

When asked to spell Mississippi the boy asked "The river or the state?"

Do you know the difference between a kayak and a college student? A kayak tips.

I like to think of Doritos as emotional packing material to safeguard the feelings I've swallowed.

When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.

Humor is a kind of emotional chaos told about calmly and quietly in retrospect.There is always a laugh in the utterly familiar.

I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not comedy anymore.

Adolescence is a kind of emotional seasickness. Both are funny, but only in retrospect.

The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level.

My standup persona is like I'll heighten things, but I'm observing the world as it is in sort of a heightened emotional state.

We don't know what those other cycles were caused by in the past. Could be dinosaur flatulence, you know, or who knows?

I want my name to be a brand in comedy. I hope my name stands for comedic excellence.

As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.

Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.

I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.

The chili I ate made for an explosive bathroom experience. I don't know how to put this delicately, but I missed the toilet entirely.

I had a wonderful experience on the golf course today. I had a hole in nothing. Missed the ball and sank the divot.

When a bad experience happens, you just chalk it up to the great fact that you just got five more jokes in the show.

In my experience the difference between a straight and a bisexual is about four pints

I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.

I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.

If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment.