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Quotes About Humor

Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.
~ Ron Paul
The logical quandaries thrown up by well-meaning systems are clearly something that I find darkly amusing.
~ Charlie Brooker
I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming.
~ Malcolm McDowell
Steve Martin is one of the most intelligent, well-read human beings that I've ever come across. He is equally as funny off screen as he is on. But he also has a very intellectual side, and he's a really nice human being. We actually become good friends.
~ Anthony LaPaglia
To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
~ T. J. Miller
I do like a well-written sketch with a bunch of jokes in it, and I like stand-up with good jokes in it it.
~ Lenny Henry
Even when something's funny, it has to be well-written, too. So we are really aware of the craft part of pop music. We really have a respect for the genre and feel that it's valuable. It's legitimate in its own way and it has as many possibilities as any other kind of music.
~ Ron Mael
Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.
~ Martin Freeman
My initial impression of the Welsh was that they were grumpier than I was!
~ Sean Lock
We moved to America when I was young, but we were always very Welsh in our home. The humor, food, traditions. Very Welsh.
~ Richard Brake
When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.
~ Bob Uecker
Even at Westchester High in West LA, I was class clown.
~ Phil Hartman
I've told so many stories to so many friends of mine. I have friends in Pittsburgh, in West Virginia, and in Indy. That's three different demographics of people, and they all laughed, so I assumed that if I find something funny and all my friends find something funny, I hope people everywhere will find it funny.
~ Pat McAfee
Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.
~ Dave Barry
Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
~ Daniel Mallory Ortberg
If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
~ Adam McKay
I've always done just pretty much what I wanted to do. I mean, I just did a thing for a small press called 'Zeppelins West' that's nothing but an absolute, over-the-top farce, almost like an Abbott & Costello, alternate-universe Western.
~ Joe R. Lansdale
Corden's a comedy powerhouse.
~ Lenny Henry
Not to brag, but I do think I've gotten pretty adept on PowerPoint... except that I can't figure out how to use Excel!
~ Jennifer Egan
Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
~ Verne Troyer
You're supposed to not like the 'Austin Powers' movies because people ruin the catchphrases. 'Austin Powers' is so funny.
~ Neal Brennan
I was constantly trying to make my family laugh and my parents laugh. It's just something that always felt natural to me. And then I learned how to use my powers for good in high school.
~ Natasha Rothwell
Maybe the universe is a giant practical joke and we don't know the punchline.
~ John Lloyd
Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.
~ Jackie DeShannon