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Quotes About Comedy

Cancer is probably the most unfunny thing in the world, but I'm a comedian, and even cancer couldn't stop me from seeing the humor in what I went through.
~ Gilda Radner
Humor heals the heckler.
~ Gerald C. Meyers
If you've got the comedy eye, you can look at any situation and see the humor in it while others don't.
~ Garry Marshall
There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
~ Dick Cavett
Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s" in it?
~ Steven Wright
Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.
~ Alan Moore
There are many things we can live without but a sense of humor is not one of them!
~ Judy Woodruff
The funniest people I know always seem to be the ones surrounded by darkness. And that's probably why they're the funniest. The deeper the pit, the more humor you need to dig yourself out of it.
~ Jim Norton
The person who has a sense of humor is not just more relaxed in the face of a potentially stressful situation, but is more flexible in his approach.
~ John Morreall
Getting on a plane, I told the ticket lady, "Send one of my bags to New York, send one to Los Angeles, and send one to Miami." She said, "We can't do that!" I told her, "You did it last week!"
~ Henny Youngman
If your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a sixpack, you might be a redneck.
~ Jeff Foxworthy
I think one of the dangers of humor is becoming seduced by it and sacrificing the story for a few laughs.
~ Matthew Healy
If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?
~ Steven Wright
I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy.
~ Emo Philips
Humor is the only reason to live.
~ Marcel Duchamp
I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long.
~ Mitch Hedberg
If Spiderman was real, and I was a criminal, and he shot me with his web, I would say, "Dude, thanks for the hammock."
~ Mitch Hedberg
I only dated one Asian girl, but she was very Asian. She was a panda.
~ Jim Gaffigan
Another term for balloon is bad breath holder.
~ Demetri Martin
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
~ Victor Borge
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
~ T.S. Eliot
I got pulled over by a cop, and he said, 'do you know the speed limit here is 55 miles per hour?'. So I said, 'oh, that's OK, I'm not going that far.'
~ Steven Wright
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
~ Erma Bombeck
I went to the dentist. He said "Say Aaah." I said "Why?" He said "My dog's died."
~ Tommy Cooper