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Comedy

«I'm so sorry I fell down.»
Author: Buster Keaton (Actor, Comic) | About: Comedy
«Comedy is tragedy plus time.»
Author: Carol Burnett | About: Comedy | Keywords: plus
«Going to the bathroom is not a spectator sport.»
Author: Doug Wilson | About: Comedy
«God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.»
«Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind»
«I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' 'Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!'»
«I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what if I crash into a lake?»
Author: Dylan Moran | About: Comedy, Driving
«Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I'm gonna go shave, too.'»
«Does anyone here work in advertising or marketing? Well if you do, when you get home take a gun shoot yourself. No bullshit, I'm not joking just do it. I'm just sowing seeds, one day they may take root.»
Author: Bill Hicks (Comedian) | About: Comedy
«Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.»

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