Quotes About Humor

Funny movies are funny only in a full house. When the place is nearly empty, you notice how after every joke there's a deliberate pause in the action to allow for a wave of laughter from the audience, and since this evening no one was laughing, the whole thing began to seem sad

I have made you very merry at the expense of all our friends; but do not go on to suppose that, because I have made fun of them with you, I am obliged not to make fun of you with them. I warn you that there is no such understanding between us.

Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

He that lives upon hope will die farting.

There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.

The schoolteacher asks Billy Bob: "If you have 12 sheeps and one jumps over the fence, how many sheeps do you have left?" Billy Bob answers, "None." "Well" says the teacher, "you sure don't know your subtraction." "Maybe not," Billy Bob replies, "but i darn sure know my sheeps.

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

I can't say this too often—that a little humor can make life worth living. That has always been my credo. Somebody once asked me, "What would you like your epitaph to be?" I've always said that I'd like it to be: "He left people a little happier than they were when he came into the room.

Do unto others, then run.

I'm not against half naked girls — not as often as I'd like to be.

Those hot pants of hers were so damned tight, I could hardly breathe.

Roses are reddish Violets are bluish If it weren't for Christmas We'd all be Jewish.

We're not scientific comedians, thinking like, 'Things have moved on, we need to do this, we need to reflect the world in this way.'

So often, I think, in these relationship comedies, they don't necessarily reflect the people that I know. They don't reflect myself.

I try to be kind, and I try to reflect that in my comedy, but I'm also incredibly bad at being mean. I can't pull it off effectively, so I always end up reverting back to politeness.

I find life a mix of humor and pathos, and all my books reflect that to one degree or another.

I sometimes reflect on my own life on stage and no one laughs, but you have to have faith in it and hope that people will laugh.

There's a lot of levity to 'Offspring' and I just love that the costumes reflect that.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Comics are just mirrors. People can either laugh at the reflection or be disgusted by it.

I love it if comedy reflects real life because to me it's more reassuring that we'll get through.

Since 'The Office,' everyone has this idea that comedy is only good if it reflects the way people really speak. But that's nonsense - and it's a problem unique to comedy.

I think that the attraction to camp is its irreverence, it's strange, it in no way reflects reality while using real characters.