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Quotes About Humor

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
~ Dick Gregory
Sometimes, when something really great happens to me, I like to wait two weeks before I tell anyone about it, because I like to use the word 'fortnight'.
~ Demetri Martin
I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.
~ Denis Leary
If you think I have a great voice and body, youll be shocked as hell seeing and hearing me in the shower.
~ Darren Hayes
Jesse Joyce is a great writer.
~ Dave Attell
One of the great things about the Internet is that you can read what everybody has to say about everything. It is fascinating to me, the critiques about humor by people who have no sense of humor.
~ Matt Groening
I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.
~ Larry David
The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.
~ Jack Dee
Decaf is like masturbating with an oven mitt!
~ Robin Williams
Royal Canadian Air Farce, and I was in three sketches there. And they wrote some really great stuff for me.
~ Trish Stratus
One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.
~ Martin Short
Out of the guys, I'm closest to Matthew Perry. He's a great friend. He cracks me up[on the set].
~ Courteney Cox
I've got a great sense of humor.
~ Anthony Hopkins
The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road.
~ Lisa Loeb
I am a great believer that what makes our show different is the humor.
~ Treat Williams
One of the great things about Taylor Hawkins is his…shirtless body, really.
~ Dave Grohl
There's got to be structure and great comedy. When you start with that, everything else falls into place.
~ Aries Spears
Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
~ Zakk Wylde
I'm a Spalding Gray in a Rick Dees world.
~ Homer
I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.
~ Vince Vaughn
I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.
~ Marian Seldes
If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.'
~ Trey Parker
For Colin Firth: You're a really great guy, but I'm married, so I think we should just be friends.
~ Shannon Hale
Speaking for myself, I try to go out there on the stage and make jokes with people, so I'm not really thinking about the impact anything I have. If it does resonate with people, that's really great.
~ Samantha Bee