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Quotes by Comedian

"There is no off position on the genius switch."
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David Letterman
"There is no off position on the genius switch."
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"Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story."
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Bob Newhart
"Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story."
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"I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she was conscious from the top of her head to the tag on her toes."
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Emo Philips
"I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she was conscious from the top of her head to the tag on her toes."
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"I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large."
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"I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large."
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"But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that."
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Wanda Sykes
"But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that."
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"My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things."
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Kate Clinton
"My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things."
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"If you had your life to live over again, do it overseas."
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Henny Youngman
"If you had your life to live over again, do it overseas."
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"I remember interviewing someone I actually felt bad for, and therefore didn't want to take an ironic stance against him. It actually turned out to be a really funny piece."
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Rob Corddry
"I remember interviewing someone I actually felt bad for, and therefore didn't want to take an ironic stance against him. It actually turned out to be a really funny piece."
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"With Ice Cube they ain't no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do The Sunday, two old men sitting around the house waiting on the social security check."
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Mike Epps
"With Ice Cube they ain't no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do The Sunday, two old men sitting around the house waiting on the social security check."
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"If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon."
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W. C. Fields
"If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon."
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"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people."
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W. C. Fields
"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people."
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"I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right."
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Billy Crystal
"I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right."
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"This is not the most right I've ever been."
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Paul Reiser
"This is not the most right I've ever been."
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"I was married awfully young and I felt trapped. My wife had been divorced and all the time we were married we were out of the Church. It wasn't until we were divorced that we became good Catholics again."
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Don Adams
"I was married awfully young and I felt trapped. My wife had been divorced and all the time we were married we were out of the Church. It wasn't until we were divorced that we became good Catholics again."
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"I can say whatever I want. So do not bring the kids. It's definitely rated R."
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Kathy Griffin
"I can say whatever I want. So do not bring the kids. It's definitely rated R."
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"When in doubt, go for the dick joke."
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Robin Williams
"When in doubt, go for the dick joke."
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"What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money."
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Henny Youngman
"What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money."
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"Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water."
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W. C. Fields
"Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water."
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"In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country."
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Dick Gregory
"In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country."
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"I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker."
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Keenen Ivory Wayans
"I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker."
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"Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words "large" or "size" with "rear end." Never. Avoid the area altogether. Trust me."
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Tim Allen
"Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words "large" or "size" with "rear end." Never. Avoid the area altogether. Trust me."
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"Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has."
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Josh Billings
"Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has."
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"I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine."
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Spike Milligan
"I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine."
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"People who don't use the tools given to them only injure themselves."
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Debra Wilson
"People who don't use the tools given to them only injure themselves."
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"Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door."
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Jeff Foxworthy
"Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door."
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"Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there."
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Bob Newhart
"Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there."
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"Do you know it was a year a ago today?"
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Jay London
"Do you know it was a year a ago today?"
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"We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother."
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Ben Elton
"We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother."
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"It's ironic that in our culture everyone's biggest complaint is about not having enough time; yet nothing terrifies us more than the thought of eternity."
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Dennis Miller
"It's ironic that in our culture everyone's biggest complaint is about not having enough time; yet nothing terrifies us more than the thought of eternity."
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"I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme."
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Dylan Moran
"I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme."
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"Let's face it; God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?"
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Bill Maher
"Let's face it; God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?"
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"It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things."
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Billy Connolly
"It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things."
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"I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money."
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Bob Hope
"I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money."
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"I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever."
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Jim Carrey
"I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever."
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"Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others."
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Ellen DeGeneres
"Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others."
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"Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries."
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Bill Cosby
"Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries."
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"Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form."
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Stephen Fry
"Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form."
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"Like I told Howard, I can't help it that I'm beautiful."
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Carrot Top
"Like I told Howard, I can't help it that I'm beautiful."
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"Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: "Are your ready?""
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Johnny Carson
"Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: "Are your ready?""
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"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf."
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Bob Hope
"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf."
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"I think people are as individual as snowflakes, they kinda look alike but no two are the exactly the same, and all classification is the root of prejudice."
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Craig Ferguson
"I think people are as individual as snowflakes, they kinda look alike but no two are the exactly the same, and all classification is the root of prejudice."
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"That's what we wanted to get across in that moment, particularly when Shaun goes to the shop when he's all hung over. He doesn't notice any of the zombies around him just because he never had before, so why should he at that point?"
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Simon Pegg
"That's what we wanted to get across in that moment, particularly when Shaun goes to the shop when he's all hung over. He doesn't notice any of the zombies around him just because he never had before, so why should he at that point?"
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"I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too."
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Mitch Hedberg
"I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too."
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"Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro."
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Billy Crystal
"Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro."
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"Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of the package with me."
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Jim Carrey
"Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of the package with me."
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"I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name."
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Paula Poundstone
"I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name."
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"If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death."
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Paul Lynde
"If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death."
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"One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me."
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Hugh Laurie
"One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me."
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"An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them."
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Stephen Fry
"An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them."
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"Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy."
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Spike Milligan
"Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy."
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