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Quotes by Comedian

"I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face."
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Ben Stiller
"I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face."
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"I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is."
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Fred Allen
"I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is."
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"When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation."
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Al Franken
"When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation."
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"Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you."
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Wendy Liebman
"Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you."
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"I am always joking and always clowning, giving and helping."
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Red Buttons
"I am always joking and always clowning, giving and helping."
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"In England, we don't have any guns whatsoever."
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Simon Pegg
"In England, we don't have any guns whatsoever."
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"I just want to be myself."
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Jim Carrey
"I just want to be myself."
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"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."
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Rita Rudner
"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."
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"Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they were hanging wash. Now they just say it on the Internet."
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Dennis Miller
"Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they were hanging wash. Now they just say it on the Internet."
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"The law is immoral."
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Mark Thomas
"The law is immoral."
Law,
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"I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics."
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Carrot Top
"I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics."
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"The whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago."
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Julian Clary
"The whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago."
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"There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures."
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James Thurber
"There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures."
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"It's so long since I've had sex I've forgotten who ties up who."
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Joan Rivers
"It's so long since I've had sex I've forgotten who ties up who."
Sex,
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"From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up."
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Kevin James
"From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up."
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"Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something."
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Emo Philips
"Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something."
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"Do you think God gets stoned? I think so... look at the platypus."
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Robin Williams
"Do you think God gets stoned? I think so... look at the platypus."
God,
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"Earnestness is stupidity sent to college."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"Earnestness is stupidity sent to college."
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"Today is Valentine's Day - or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day!"
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Jay Leno
"Today is Valentine's Day - or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day!"
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"Well, my whole thing with gossip is I couldn't care less if it's true."
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Kathy Griffin
"Well, my whole thing with gossip is I couldn't care less if it's true."
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"Nobody can stop you but you. And shame on you if you're the one who stops yourself."
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Damon Wayans
"Nobody can stop you but you. And shame on you if you're the one who stops yourself."
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"I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same."
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Norman Wisdom
"I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same."
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"The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now."
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Bill Cosby
"The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now."
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"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."
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Mel Brooks
"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."
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"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."
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Damon Wayans
"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."
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"I would have to say loneliness is next to uncleanliness."
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Janeane Garofalo
"I would have to say loneliness is next to uncleanliness."
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"To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving."
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Jerry Seinfeld
"To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving."
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"I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison."
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W. C. Fields
"I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison."
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"What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong."
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Robin Williams
"What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong."
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"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."
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Jim Carrey
"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."
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"Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders."
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"Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders."
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"I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course."
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Groucho Marx
"I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course."
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"One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness."
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Josh Billings
"One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness."
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"I've done seven shows at the Palladium - long running shows I'm talking about."
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Norman Wisdom
"I've done seven shows at the Palladium - long running shows I'm talking about."
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"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
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Bob Hope
"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
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"Jim Bakker spells his name with two k's because three would be too obvious."
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Bill Maher
"Jim Bakker spells his name with two k's because three would be too obvious."
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"My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day."
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Johnny Carson
"My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day."
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"The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand."
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Fred Allen
"The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand."
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"I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me."
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Tracey Ullman
"I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me."
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"Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's about whether or not you get the chance to do good work."
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Hugh Laurie
"Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's about whether or not you get the chance to do good work."
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"You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show."
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Graham Chapman
"You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show."
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"If God dropped acid, would he see people?"
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Steven Wright
"If God dropped acid, would he see people?"
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"There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty."
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Joe E. Lewis
"There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty."
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"My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash."
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Joan Rivers
"My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash."
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"My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too."
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Rodney Dangerfield
"My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too."
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"Together with script writers Syd green and Dick Hills, we worked on the comedy ideas for this series."
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Eric Morecambe
"Together with script writers Syd green and Dick Hills, we worked on the comedy ideas for this series."
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"Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse."
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Groucho Marx
"Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse."
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"World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany who were throwing bombs at us."
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Graham Chapman
"World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany who were throwing bombs at us."
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"There's no down time any more."
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Jeff Foxworthy
"There's no down time any more."
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"I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education."
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Rory Bremner
"I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education."
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