756 quotes found
“If you want to get results in your life try with comedy... first pressure then apply comedy. Always it shallow the shitty life-pressure!”
“Comedy was invented to make people forget,That the plays of our lives were originally written as tragedies.”
“I understand the, um, difficulty the French expatriates might have, especially after projects in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. My heart goes out to you all. Katrina wished she could control that st...”
“Nihilism is a subject for comedy.”
“Oh, friend John, it is a strange world, a sad world, a world full of miseries, and woes and troubles, and yet when King Laugh come he make them all dance to the tune he play.”
“There's a lot of guys up there who like wearing a suit or try doing jokes that they think will play to a certain crowd, or maybe get them corporate work. I've always written jokes that I would want...”
“Dat's a some joke, Hey Boss.”
“Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give--sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter. Melodrama is not such a strategist. It meets no one's expectation but its internal need t...”
“No, he said after a pause, the true art of the gods is the comic. The comic is a condescension of the divine to the world of man; it is the sublime vision, which cannot be studied, but must ever be...”
“Astrophil and Stella," he said, taking my hand. "The name 'Astrophil' is derived from two Greek words that, when combined, mean 'star-lover.'""So, what does that mean?"Oliver tilted his head and lo...”
“i prefer to think of the good times. Like when you held my hair as I was vomiting into a bucket.”
“I know for a fact that I would be awful if I was built like Serena Williams or Jennifer Lopez... If I had a body remotely close to what they have, I would be a terror. My ass would cause me to do r...”
“Human life is an incongruous combination of tragedy and comedy.”
“Only in comedy, by the way, does an obedient white girl from the suburbs count as diversity”
“It turns out that were not the only ones who go out on a scientific limb as we discuss or attempt to discuss cars, car repairs and scientific education in America today.”
“Our specialty was exasperated dignity and the discombombulation of Authority.”
“One of the comics said he thought I was talented but wouldn't ever make it as a stand-up. It hurt. Looking back now, I can see clearly how experienced comics get bitter. It's a tough business, and ...”
“People deceive themselves, or deceive each other, that is the origin of comedy.”
“If God wanted us to use the metric system, He would have given us ten fingers and ten toes.”
“I'm sorry. The Truth ”
