Quotes about Comedy

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh

Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.

It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen.

What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.

Let's face it, most pretty girls aren't funny.

My daughter made me a Jerry Springer-watching kit, with crackers, Cheez Whiz, polyester stretch pants and a T-shirt with two fat women fighting over a skinny guy.

the week of July 24 was a head-slammer. First, it opened the next episode in what had become a comic-opera

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh.

And you know, whether it's drama or comedy, the best work is based on truth. It's just that, with comedy, the circumstances are just crazy-heightened, and you have these crazy things thrown at you. But you still have to do it truthfully, because that's where the humor comes from. So it's not that difficult to cross over.

What would be a show that I would rescue? If I could bring anything back, it would be 'The Carol Burnett Show'. Tim Conway is just... I just watched him so many times do stuff over and over. He's just so amazing.