- Man
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Funny Quotes
Everyday humor, seen through a few different lenses.
This collection finds humor in ordinary places, from a parent delighted by how funny children naturally are to a musician writing entire songs around invented funny characters. For sharper one-liners, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Age
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't a class clown, I just found at an early age that I was able to make people laugh. So I mostly wrote funny stuff instead of writing what I was supposed to be writing.
- Being
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be accepted as a compliment.
- Enough
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
- Never
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
- More
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The 1930s was a funny time. People knew they might not live for another six months, so if they were attracted to one another, there was no time to dawdle.
- Laugh
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I was foreign and Jewish, with a funny name, and was very small and hated sport, a real problem at an English prep school. So the way to get round it was to become the school joker, which I did quite effectively - I was always fooling around to make the people who would otherwise dump me in the loo laugh.
- Moment
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of become routinized, so there's an awful lot of mannerisms and joke lines that are sort of there to trigger laughter, rather than give actors a chance to play a moment.
- Nov 07, 2020
What's funny is that you can think you really value your life until you almost lose it.
- Nov 07, 2020