1,680 Quotes About Comedy

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.

How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be thin is upon them, can lose completely their sense of balance and proportion and spend years dealing with this madness.

There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world.

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.

Water!' cried Marie.'Vinegar!' recommended the bell-boy.'Eu-de-Cologne!' said Bill.'Pepper!' said Lord Tidmouth.Mary had another suggestion.'Give her air!'So had the bell-boy.'Slap her hands!'Lord Tidmouth went further.'Sit on her head!' he advised.

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.

The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know - for comedians are the caricatures among us.

You think I'd cheat on you?" I demanded with all the innocent outrage I could muster."With another guy, no. With a cheeseburger . . . in a heartbeat.