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Quotes by Comedian

"The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow."
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Gracie Allen
"The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow."
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"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
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Bill Cosby
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
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"Never stay in a bad marriage, and don't hang around with psycho coke fiends."
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Joe Rogan
"Never stay in a bad marriage, and don't hang around with psycho coke fiends."
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"The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again."
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Ben Stiller
"The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again."
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"If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?"
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Robin Williams
"If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?"
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"Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose."
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Robin Williams
"Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose."
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"Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out."
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Phyllis Diller
"Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out."
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"I had a blast, but I still wonder sometimes why they saw me as the perfect guy for this strange character."
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Mike Myers
"I had a blast, but I still wonder sometimes why they saw me as the perfect guy for this strange character."
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"If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively."
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Mel Brooks
"If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively."
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"Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable."
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Paul Lynde
"Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable."
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"My girlfriend has crabs, I bought her fishnet stockings."
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Jay London
"My girlfriend has crabs, I bought her fishnet stockings."
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"I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this."
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Jim Carrey
"I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this."
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"Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children."
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Bill Cosby
"Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children."
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"I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for."
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Jasper Carrott
"I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for."
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"Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese."
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Dennis Miller
"Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese."
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"Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong."
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Bob Hope
"Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong."
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"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'"
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Robin Williams
"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'"
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"My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven't fallen since."
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Hugh Laurie
"My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven't fallen since."
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"It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy."
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Tony Hancock
"It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy."
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"I'm very open to the up-and-comers."
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Bob Newhart
"I'm very open to the up-and-comers."
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"I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh."
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Norman Wisdom
"I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh."
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"Progress was all right. Only it went on too long."
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James Thurber
"Progress was all right. Only it went on too long."
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"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."
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Tina Fey
"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."
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"I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off."
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David Steinberg
"I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off."
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"You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine."
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Flip Wilson
"You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine."
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"A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them."
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Kathy Griffin
"A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them."
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"I met this wonderful girl at Macy's. She was buying clothes and I was putting Slinkies on the escalator."
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Steven Wright
"I met this wonderful girl at Macy's. She was buying clothes and I was putting Slinkies on the escalator."
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"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke."
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Groucho Marx
"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke."
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"I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me thin."
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Hugh Laurie
"I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me thin."
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"What's another word for Thesaurus?"
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Steven Wright
"What's another word for Thesaurus?"
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"The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial."
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Tommy Smothers
"The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial."
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"Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves."
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Bill Hicks
"Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves."
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"We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we've heard in fairy tales."
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Yakov Smirnoff
"We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we've heard in fairy tales."
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"I like doing films and I wish that I could do more but I still have to audition. I don't get offered starring roles in movies even though I've written and starred in a movie."
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Tim Meadows
"I like doing films and I wish that I could do more but I still have to audition. I don't get offered starring roles in movies even though I've written and starred in a movie."
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"Actually, my cd was released in 1985, in return for two German missionaries and a Dutch urologist."
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Emo Philips
"Actually, my cd was released in 1985, in return for two German missionaries and a Dutch urologist."
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"The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep."
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W. C. Fields
"The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep."
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"It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature."
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Steven Wright
"It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature."
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"If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries."
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Bill Hicks
"If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries."
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"But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did."
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Damon Wayans
"But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did."
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"I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and cheap?"
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Phyllis Diller
"I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and cheap?"
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"My goal is just to become a better comedian."
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Ron White
"My goal is just to become a better comedian."
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"There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap."
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Kevin James
"There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap."
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"Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies."
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"Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit."
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Josh Billings
"Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit."
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"He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites."
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Emo Philips
"He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites."
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"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas."
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Emo Philips
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas."
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"Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane."
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Ron White
"Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane."
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"President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?"
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David Letterman
"President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?"
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"The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off."
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Bob Hope
"The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off."
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"Violence is a tool of the ignorant."
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Flip Wilson
"Violence is a tool of the ignorant."
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