Quotes About Perspective

The Democrats planned to fiddle while Rome burned. The Republicans were going to burn Rome, then fiddle.

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

I have an inability to enjoy things, but that's why we're in comedy. If we were happy, we wouldn't be funny, I guess.

It's funny but when young people say to me "what can I study to be a force for change, should I study law or biology or business?" My answer is music, drama, journalism, communications.

You never think of films being really creepy that you're in because you just remember the funny stuff.

As for jokes, I don't think it's necessarily that what I write is funny.

[Baz Luhrmann] is funny, to be quite honest with you.

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.

If I think something's funny, I think it's funny.

Ain't it funny what people say? Ain't it funny what people write?

Comedians who are 22 years old can certainly be funny and clever, and be capable of telling jokes - but are they talking about their favorite TV shows, or a particular brand of shampoo?

We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry each night. Well that was probably true. They were all on a diet.

I was often the only white girl in the Indian dance class. That felt funny, but doing Indian dance was great.

I feel like Bill Walton - old and shitty.

The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.

Kids like my act because I'm wearing nose glasses. Adults like my act because there's a guy who thinks putting on nose glasses is funny.

The sky is falling. No, I'm tipping over backwards.

The sky already fell. Now what?

Dying men think of funny things-and that's what we all are here, aren't we? Dying men.

All the religions are super funny to me.

Some things just strike me as funny. The way things play out just makes me laugh sometimes. It drives my wife crazy sometimes because I'll just be laughing for no reason.

Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.

Death doesn't really worry me that much, I'm not frightened about it... I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Wisdom of the Ages: "Brian Williams Week" Just like me in 2003, it looks like Brian Williams ended up "Between Iraq and a Hard Place.