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Comedy Quotes

The broad comedy thing is really hard to do on film Picture Quote #1

I love comedy. It’s where my heart is Picture Quote #1

Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes of a continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the overflow of emotion; both are

Dicaepolis: Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true Picture Quote #1

Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on canned laughter grafted to gag lines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years Picture Quote #1

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance Picture Quote #1

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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die Picture Quote #1

The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history - its mass appeal Picture Quote #1

And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity Picture Quote #1

The mystery is that the world is at it is a mystery that is the source of all joy and all sorrow, of all hope and fear, and the source of development both creative and degenerative. The contingency of all into which time enters is the source of pathos, comedy, and tragedy Picture Quote #1

If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs Picture Quote #1

Maybe we women gravitate toward comedy because it is a socially acceptable way to break rules and a release from our daily life Picture Quote #1

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Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian Picture Quote #1

There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor Picture Quote #1

History is thorough, and passes through many phases when it bears an old figure to the grave. The last phase of a world historical figure is its comedy Picture Quote #1

Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is hotly debated Picture Quote #1

People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas Picture Quote #1

If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy Picture Quote #1

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There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when a guy's heart stops, and you're the one who has to fix it! Picture Quote #1

If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels of a freedom movement, they would be invincible Picture Quote #1

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it Picture Quote #1

It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe that is why so many women comics are lesbians Picture Quote #1

A comedy isn't about being funny... a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all Picture Quote #1

What is the stage? It's a place, baby, you know, where people play at being serious, a place where they act comedies. We've got to act a comedy now, dead serious Picture Quote #1

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The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part Picture Quote #1

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them Picture Quote #1

There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories Picture Quote #1

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it Picture Quote #1

Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I can't get in every idea I want on the show no matter how hard I try to bully the other writers, so it's a way of me getting out other comic ideas and immediately getting feedback Picture Quote #1

I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard Picture Quote #1

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The broad comedy thing is really hard to do on film (Comedy Quotes) I love comedy. It’s where my heart is. (Comedy Quotes) Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes of a continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the overflow of emotion; both are "luxury reflexes" without apparent utility. This much they have in common; in every other respect they are direct opposites (Comedy Quotes) Dicaepolis: Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true (Comedy Quotes) Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on canned laughter grafted to gag lines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years (Comedy Quotes) Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance (Comedy Quotes) Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die (Comedy Quotes) The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history - its mass appeal (Comedy Quotes) And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity (Comedy Quotes) The mystery is that the world is at it is a mystery that is the source of all joy and all sorrow, of all hope and fear, and the source of development both creative and degenerative. The contingency of all into which time enters is the source of pathos, comedy, and tragedy (Comedy Quotes) If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs (Comedy Quotes) Maybe we women gravitate toward comedy because it is a socially acceptable way to break rules and a release from our daily life (Comedy Quotes) Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian (Comedy Quotes) There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor (Comedy Quotes) History is thorough, and passes through many phases when it bears an old figure to the grave. The last phase of a world historical figure is its comedy (Comedy Quotes) Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is hotly debated (Comedy Quotes) People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas (Comedy Quotes) If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy (Comedy Quotes) There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when a guy's heart stops, and you're the one who has to fix it! (Comedy Quotes) If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels of a freedom movement, they would be invincible (Comedy Quotes) I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it (Comedy Quotes) It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe that is why so many women comics are lesbians (Comedy Quotes) A comedy isn't about being funny... a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all (Comedy Quotes) What is the stage? It's a place, baby, you know, where people play at being serious, a place where they act comedies. We've got to act a comedy now, dead serious (Comedy Quotes) The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part (Comedy Quotes) I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them (Comedy Quotes) There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories (Comedy Quotes) The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it (Comedy Quotes) Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I can't get in every idea I want on the show no matter how hard I try to bully the other writers, so it's a way of me getting out other comic ideas and immediately getting feedback (Comedy Quotes) I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard (Comedy Quotes)

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