- I Am
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- 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
- Serious
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- Nov 07, 2020
Funny is when you're serious.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned to start from a really sound argument, boil down the essence of what you're trying to say, then build your humor around that, rather than starting with, 'This sounds funny,' and going from there.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject matter.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite comedians are just presenting an argument, and they're doing it in a funny way.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My job is to take what I think is funny and to make other people think it's funny, too.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, the funniest American of the Twentieth Century is Richard Nixon because he had the most to hide, and he was so bad at hiding it. To me, that's what's really funny - people who think they're doing a great job of hiding stuff, and it just keeps leaking out.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know what's funny? I don't ever feel the need to escape. I have a strong marriage. I like my life. You hear about these guys having midlife crises - I don't see that happening to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny.
- Optimist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
- Beyond
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as I'm concerned, 'The Caretaker' is funny up to a point. Beyond that, it ceases to be funny, and it was because of that point that I wrote it.
- Big Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Films are big hits when they touch a lot of people. Things are not funny in a vacuum, they're funny because we respond to some personal dislocation, some embarrassment, some humiliation, some pain we've suffered, or some desire we have.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comedy and tragedy co-exist. You can't have one without the other. I'm of the school that anything can be funny if seen from a comedic point of view.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020