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Quotes by Comedian

"I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada."
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Samantha Bee
"I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada."
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"Dr. Phil was very helpful and caring. I believe he helped all of us there and watching how to better relate, understand, and communicate with our families and loved ones. Dr. Phil recommended reading my new book."
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Louie Anderson
"Dr. Phil was very helpful and caring. I believe he helped all of us there and watching how to better relate, understand, and communicate with our families and loved ones. Dr. Phil recommended reading my new book."
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"Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off."
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Tommy Cooper
"Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off."
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"All these jokes have been pre-approved as funny by me."
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Mitch Hedberg
"All these jokes have been pre-approved as funny by me."
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"Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen."
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Mitch Hedberg
"Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen."
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"Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since."
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Josh Billings
"Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since."
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"The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference."
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Fred Allen
"The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference."
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"Ethanol is, in its pure form, just as much of a sham as oil."
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Rob Corddry
"Ethanol is, in its pure form, just as much of a sham as oil."
Oil,
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"I just want real reactions. I want people to laugh from the gut, be sad from the gut-or get angry from the gut."
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Andy Kaufman
"I just want real reactions. I want people to laugh from the gut, be sad from the gut-or get angry from the gut."
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"Everybody wants to save the Earth, nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"Everybody wants to save the Earth, nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes."
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"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."
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Fred Allen
"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."
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"Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country."
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Steven Wright
"Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country."
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"I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it."
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Todd Barry
"I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it."
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"Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler."
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W. C. Fields
"Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler."
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"We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture."
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Robin Williams
"We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture."
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"We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities."
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Bill Maher
"We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities."
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"I am lucky to have good Polish skin that doesn't wrinkle so I might be around for a few years yet."
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Ruby Wax
"I am lucky to have good Polish skin that doesn't wrinkle so I might be around for a few years yet."
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"We had this party in New York, and there were a lot of gay men there dressed up as the characters. I showed up just looking like myself, but it was a real case of shame. They looked so fantastic. We could never quite live up to it."
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Jennifer Saunders
"We had this party in New York, and there were a lot of gay men there dressed up as the characters. I showed up just looking like myself, but it was a real case of shame. They looked so fantastic. We could never quite live up to it."
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"An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt."
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Fred Allen
"An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt."
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"Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times."
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W. C. Fields
"Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times."
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"It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to describe them as bipolar. Whether it's Hemingway, Van Gogh... Robert Schumann has been mentioned... Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath... some of them with rather grim ends."
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Stephen Fry
"It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to describe them as bipolar. Whether it's Hemingway, Van Gogh... Robert Schumann has been mentioned... Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath... some of them with rather grim ends."
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"I know God is real."
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Jeff Foxworthy
"I know God is real."
God,
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"I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything."
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Patton Oswalt
"I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything."
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"It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals."
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Fred Allen
"It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals."
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"I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting."
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Jim Carrey
"I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting."
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"Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics."
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Red Skelton
"Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics."
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"There's always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you're a fraud after all!"
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Ben Stiller
"There's always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you're a fraud after all!"
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"The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup."
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Bob Hope
"The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup."
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"When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness."
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Bob Hope
"When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness."
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"But let's be clear. We're talking about a country where there's no opposition. As leader he can ignore Parliament and - sorry that's Tony Blair isn't it? Um, so he doesn't even have to ask the country before he goes to war - sorry that's still Tony Blair."
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Rory Bremner
"But let's be clear. We're talking about a country where there's no opposition. As leader he can ignore Parliament and - sorry that's Tony Blair isn't it? Um, so he doesn't even have to ask the country before he goes to war - sorry that's still Tony Blair."
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"I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games."
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Sarah Silverman
"I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games."
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"If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates."
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Jay Leno
"If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates."
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"I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs."
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Demetri Martin
"I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs."
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"Ultimately, it is in fun. It is supposed to be highly entertaining."
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Bill Hicks
"Ultimately, it is in fun. It is supposed to be highly entertaining."
Fun,
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"The important thing to remember is that bugs don't actually talk."
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Dave Foley
"The important thing to remember is that bugs don't actually talk."
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"The more excited the rooster gets, the higher his voice goes. He's got a little bit of a Barney Fife quality to him."
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Jeff Foxworthy
"The more excited the rooster gets, the higher his voice goes. He's got a little bit of a Barney Fife quality to him."
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"There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting."
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David Letterman
"There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting."
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"My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.'"
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Mitch Hedberg
"My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.'"
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"We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy."
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Dylan Moran
"We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy."
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"I can't explain it, but spiritually it makes sense - though I don't understand how it does make sense."
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Kevin McDonald
"I can't explain it, but spiritually it makes sense - though I don't understand how it does make sense."
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"I was part of the draft resistance movement in LA where we did demonstrations at the draft centre and burned our cards and made a lot of trouble on campus."
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Cheech Marin
"I was part of the draft resistance movement in LA where we did demonstrations at the draft centre and burned our cards and made a lot of trouble on campus."
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"Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice."
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Jimmy Fallon
"Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice."
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"It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous."
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Ben Stiller
"It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous."
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"I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone."
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Flip Wilson
"I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone."
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"I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it."
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Demetri Martin
"I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it."
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"As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth."
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Stephen Fry
"As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth."
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"Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people."
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Joe E. Lewis
"Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people."
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"The only way I would go back to hosting would be if it were something entirely new. It would prevent me from wanting to host a standard-fare kind of talk show."
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"The only way I would go back to hosting would be if it were something entirely new. It would prevent me from wanting to host a standard-fare kind of talk show."
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"It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy."
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Groucho Marx
"It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy."
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"If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind."
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W. C. Fields
"If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind."
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