Quotes About Humor

I've seen Jordanian television lead its newscast with three identical, consecutive scenes, all on the same royal couch. It's hilarious, and most Western reporters cackle sarcastically when they first see it. I certainly did.

I really like the Observer. I think I'd love to have a column with a broad reach that would enable me to do some proper reporting, but keep it on sort of a humorous level. I've always had a very happy experience writing for them.

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.

ESPN is all meat and potatoes. It's pretty much scouting reports. There isn't a great deal of humor, and when there is, it's pretty sophomoric.

It's a shame - we've got so many hilarious women, and think there's a certain repression there.

As you know now, Rush Limbaugh is the new face of the Republican Party, but they'll probably go with a different body.

Ripping on Republicans is not that fun for us only because everyone else does it.

Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.

Republicans just can't help themselves. They get in front of a live microphone and within a few sentences are rocketing down the swiftest and most direct route to the all-you-can-eat comedian-and-talk-show-host buffet.

I have to say, after hanging out with Republicans for four days, I want to take a look at my own birth certificate. I don't think I was born in this country.

It doesn't get better than making people laugh and also making sure people don't go hungry.

The true essence of comedy is a baby seal hunt.

I don't mind autograph hunters when I go down the fish and chip shop. As long as I get my chips.

To do comedy, there are so many hurdles one has to cross.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.

If something becomes mean-spirited and hurtful, it's not funny.

My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.

I go where people are hurting. I stand on the stage, and I make people laugh for an hour and a half.

All my life I made a living out of hurting people. Now, I make a living out of making people laugh.

I love talking in an American accent. Even though it hurts my face after a few hours.

It's fine if folk don't like my sense of humour. But if somebody misunderstands, then that hurts a bit.

Sometimes I feel like I'm lucky that I can just laugh about it because I know a lot of disabled people who don't because it hurts them. And you leave my show with a different perspective on disability, whether you realize it or not - maybe not better, but a different one!

My husband says I look like a Q-tip.