Quotes About Humor

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.

Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex - not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty.

I'm pretty sure 'Nutty Professor' will happen to me at some point. And when it does, I will go to the gym.

I think me and Kristen Bell are going to start a band. It's called Kung-Fu Professor.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

I went to a British Council event a while back and there were lots of German professors of literature. About half of them were convinced I had a German sense of humour and the other half were sure it was British. They are probably still arguing about it now.

It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.

I don't usually eulogise about people, but I saw Russell Brand doing stand-up before he was really high profile. I didn't really know what to expect but I laughed until my belly ached.

With comedy I can search for the profound.

Fox does the NFL a lot like they program the rest of the network. There's sort of a locker room sense of humor that prevails. With ESPN, it's more like a pat-you-on-the-back kind of comedy. I mean, they'll all get on each other a little bit, but it's never mean-spirited.

I always loved Sid Caesar and all the people on his program.

When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in.

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.

I'm a progressive person, very liberal. I have this thing in my head where I'm going to change the world, but with comedy.

I grew up in the projects. You have no choice but to fight. My jokes used to get me in fights.

I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.

Often, joking for me is a way of diffusing the awkwardness of a situation, so it's kind of exhilarating to be a part of projects where there's nothing funny or lighthearted.

I connect to humor really deeply, so I feel really comfortable just being in funny projects.

I'm not as incredibly prolific as Louis C. K., and I'm definitely not doing a completely brand-new hour probably by the beginning of the tour.

It's been a pleasure to see female comedians be prominent and flourish - like Kate McKinnon's Rudy Giuliani impressions, which are uncanny in their precision.

I was funny in a way that was not dissing the teacher; I was funny just to be funny. A real charmer with a prominent mustache that he didn't know what to do with and a smart-alecky attitude.

The truthiness is, anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news 'at' you.

Yes, I will promise you anything your little elector heart desires... Of course, I have no intention of keeping any promise I make.