“As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason anyone should be exempt.” – Moliere
“You can’t study comedy; it’s within you. It’s a personality. My humor is an attitude.” – Don Rickles
“The only honest form is laughter, comedy. You can’t fake it… try to fake three laughs in an hour – ha ha ha – they’ll take you away, man. You can’t.” – Lenny Bruce
“When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race.” – Paul Mooney
“Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.” – Robin Williams
“Fear is what makes comedy funny.” – Paul Rudd
“Comedy is unusual people in real situations, farce is real people in unusual situations.” – Chuck Jones
“Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.” – Christopher Fry
“Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy.” – Mo Rocca
“Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a minefield.” – Jerry Stiller
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” – Mark Twain
“Atheism is a non-prophet organization. Religion is just mind control. Think off-center. The status quo sucks.” – George Carlin
“Humor is just another defense against the universe. Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love. Life abounds in comedy if you just look around. Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of the writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.” – Mel Brooks
“George Carlin is kind of my template now because George Carlin before was a straight-laced regular comic and he had short hair, a tie, suit, nightclub guy. Then he said screw it, let his hair grow, just started telling what he thought was the truth. So that’s what I’m trying to do.” – Drew Carey
“People laugh to forget their troubles, and to forget their troubles they like to look at people who aren’t doing better than they are.” – Drew Carey
“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go, it’s pretty damn good. Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad television. I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. I think being funny is not anyone’s first choice.” – Woody Allen
“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong. If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.” – Bob Hope
“I’m taking Viagra and drinking prune juice – I don’t know if I’m coming or going. I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it. If it wasn’t for pick-pockets, I’d have no sex life at all. Life is just a bowl of pits. Yeah, I know I’m ugly… I said to a bartender, ‘make me a zombie.’ He said, ‘God beat me to it’.” – Rodney Dangerfield
“A man’s only as old as the woman he feels. I intend to live forever or die trying. I remember the first time I had sex – I kept the receipt. Quote me as saying I was misquoted.” – G.Marx