top of page

Quotes by Comedian

"The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff."
Quote_1.png
Jonathan Katz
"The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"It never hurt Lenny Bruce's career to get arrested for swearing. It did back in the time, but he broke those doors down by doing the stuff that he believed in."
Quote_1.png
Joe Rogan
"It never hurt Lenny Bruce's career to get arrested for swearing. It did back in the time, but he broke those doors down by doing the stuff that he believed in."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest."
Quote_1.png
Rodney Dangerfield
"I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again."
Quote_1.png
W. C. Fields
"Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films."
Quote_1.png
Keenen Ivory Wayans
"You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic."
Quote_1.png
Bill Cosby
"The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why."
Quote_1.png
James Thurber
"All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy."
Quote_1.png
Tim Vine
"I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality."
Quote_1.png
Victoria Jackson
"Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"We picked the Red Sox because they lose. If you root for something that loses for 86 years, you're a pretty good fan. You don't have to win everything to be a fan of something."
Quote_1.png
Jimmy Fallon
"We picked the Red Sox because they lose. If you root for something that loses for 86 years, you're a pretty good fan. You don't have to win everything to be a fan of something."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Whenever someone dies everyone says, I love that guy, except for Jeffrey Dahmer."
Quote_1.png
Pauly Shore
"Whenever someone dies everyone says, I love that guy, except for Jeffrey Dahmer."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck."
Quote_1.png
Jeff Foxworthy
"If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"The first thing that happens is that you're overwhelmed by so much attention. It's just so unnatural. Only people who've been in that position can realize what it's like. I mean, you have to be there."
Quote_1.png
Chevy Chase
"The first thing that happens is that you're overwhelmed by so much attention. It's just so unnatural. Only people who've been in that position can realize what it's like. I mean, you have to be there."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius."
Quote_1.png
Amy Poehler
"I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear."
Quote_1.png
Randy Newman
"I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up."
Quote_1.png
Dawn French
"I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it prevents VD."
Quote_1.png
Joe Rogan
"Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it prevents VD."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish."
Quote_1.png
Eddie Murphy
"The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I don't excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor."
Quote_1.png
Joan Rivers
"I don't excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor."
God,
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first."
Quote_1.png
Dawn French
"I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport."
Quote_1.png
Henny Youngman
"Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic."
Quote_1.png
Spike Milligan
"My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science."
Quote_1.png
Al Franken
"We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy."
Quote_1.png
Groucho Marx
"Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."
Quote_1.png
Damon Wayans
"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it."
Quote_1.png
Randy Newman
"Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more."
Quote_1.png
Chris Elliott
"Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Yeah, it's tough being smart and sexy, too. I have to say, I'm really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date. I promise you it's true. My husband Jeff Richmond saw a diamond in the rough and took me in."
Quote_1.png
Tina Fey
"Yeah, it's tough being smart and sexy, too. I have to say, I'm really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date. I promise you it's true. My husband Jeff Richmond saw a diamond in the rough and took me in."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his."
Quote_1.png
James Thurber
"The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does."
Quote_1.png
Groucho Marx
"Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"At my age flowers scare me."
Quote_1.png
George Burns
"At my age flowers scare me."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"What Democrats call 'nuanced,' most people refer to as 'stupidity.'"
Quote_1.png
Evan Sayet
"What Democrats call 'nuanced,' most people refer to as 'stupidity.'"
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy."
Quote_1.png
Jim Carrey
"I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55 years."
Quote_1.png
Jerry Stiller
"I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55 years."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Researches tested a new form of medical marijuana that treats pain but doesn't get the user high, prompting patients who need medical marijuana to declare, "Thank you?""
Quote_1.png
Jimmy Fallon
"Researches tested a new form of medical marijuana that treats pain but doesn't get the user high, prompting patients who need medical marijuana to declare, "Thank you?""
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I do miss Saturday Night Live, that's for sure. There's nothing like it. I just hosted, and I felt I'd only been away for a week."
Quote_1.png
Mike Myers
"I do miss Saturday Night Live, that's for sure. There's nothing like it. I just hosted, and I felt I'd only been away for a week."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man."
Quote_1.png
James Thurber
"Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors."
Quote_1.png
Jay Leno
"Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well."
Quote_1.png
Steve Martin
"When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie."
Quote_1.png
Jerry Stiller
"Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Sometimes in my class I have people come in and do monologues inspired by people they know and I always find that to be useful to do specifics about somebody and then you're actually doing a character and not doing some random old lady or something."
Quote_1.png
Amy Poehler
"Sometimes in my class I have people come in and do monologues inspired by people they know and I always find that to be useful to do specifics about somebody and then you're actually doing a character and not doing some random old lady or something."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Nineteen percent of doctors say that they'd be able to give their patients a lethal injection. But they also went on to say that the patient would have to be really, really behind on payments."
Quote_1.png
Jay Leno
"Nineteen percent of doctors say that they'd be able to give their patients a lethal injection. But they also went on to say that the patient would have to be really, really behind on payments."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death."
Quote_1.png
Robert Benchley
"A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance."
Quote_1.png
James Thurber
"I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance."
Man,
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression."
Quote_1.png
Wanda Sykes
"In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness."
Quote_1.png
James Thurber
"Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"More coming out about Saddam Hussein. We now know he takes Viagra and he has as many as six mistresses. No wonder Congress is reluctant to take action against this guy - he's one of their own."
Quote_1.png
Jay Leno
"More coming out about Saddam Hussein. We now know he takes Viagra and he has as many as six mistresses. No wonder Congress is reluctant to take action against this guy - he's one of their own."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals."
Quote_1.png
Andrew Denton
"Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."
Quote_1.png
Jerry Seinfeld
"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
"A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year."
Quote_1.png
Marty Allen
"A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
4
bottom of page