Being Funny Quotes

• I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Thinking, Choices

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• There's only one true superpower amongst human beings, and that is being funny. People treat you differently if you can make them laugh.

  Jeff Garlin

  Laughing, People, Treats

  "Q&A: Jeff Garlin on Getting Arrested, the Chicago Cubs, and the Future of Curb Your Enthusiasm". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. July 12, 2013.

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• I am not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Death: A Comedy in One Act". Book by Woody Allen, 1975.

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  A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Witty, Laughter

  FaceBook post by Steve Martin from Jun 14, 2011

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• Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

  Jim Carrey

  Funny, Laughter, Women

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• Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does.

  David Rakoff

  Doe, Sense Of Humor, Persons

  David Rakoff (2002). “Fraud: Essays”, p.103, Anchor

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• Being funny in life is a lot more like judo. It's using the energy.

  Jon Stewart

  Energy, Life Is, Judo

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think that comedy is a good defense for a child. Because you know childhood is a nightmare as it is. And so why not use comedy and being funny as a defense to get through your life as opposed to drugs, alcohol and good looks? Because those things are dangerous when your young.

  Joy Behar

  Children, Thinking, Childhood

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• I think the second you think that you're funny is when you stop being funny.

  Mila Kunis

  Thinking

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.

  Calvin Trillin

  Thinking, Mind, World

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• You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't believe you or think that you're being funny.

  Auberon Waugh

  Believe, Thinking, People

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• I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer.

  Kelly Ripa

  Interesting, Looks, Lasts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

  Chris Tucker

  Creative, Comedian, Be Creative

  "Chris Tucker wants to 'do something different'". Interview with Miki Turner, www.today.com. August 7, 2007.

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• I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work but it ain't easy.

  Madeline Kahn

  Hard Work, Guilty, Easy

  "At Home With: Madeline Kahn; Funny? Yes, but Someone's Got to Be" by Michael Specter in The New York Times, www.nytimes.com. April 8, 1993.

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• I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!

  Taylor Lautner

  Fun, Thinking, Bigs

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• A lot of people who claim they're political comedians are just comedians who have opinions. But they stop being funny the minute they give their opinions.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  People, Giving, Political

  "Gottfried's key to political humor". Interview with Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. August 2, 2013.

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• People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case. I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living.

  Christopher Guest

  Real, Thinking, People

  "Featured Filmmaker: Christopher Guest" by Ken P., www.ign.com. May 12, 2003.

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• A new poll shows that Americans now believe that Bill Clinton is more honest than President Bush. At least when Clinton screwed the nation, he did it one person at a time.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Believe, President

  "Scarborough Country" with Joe Scarborough, www.nbcnews.com. May 19, 2006.

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• Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless we substitute the word wit for humor. Humor inspires sympathetic good-natured laughter and is favored by the healing-power gang. Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down.

  Florence King

  Football, Laughter, Healing

  Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.140, Macmillan

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• Women can do anything men can do. Except math, chess, running, jumping, lifting stuff, fixing things, making money, hockey, surfing, driving, making decisions, being tall, taking out the garbage, tipping, fishing, being funny (on purpose), reading a map, listening to good bands, writing, running the country, inventing anything important, or being fun to hang out with.

  Daniel Tosh

  Country, Running, Fun

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• When I first met Jack, I was terrified of him. I wasn't expecting a fun, laughing, enjoyable, exciting guy. I walked into his office like most people, with my knees knocking together. I was scared.

  Suzy Welch

  Funny, Power, People

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• I don't think of myself as being funny. But life takes strange turns.

  Frank Gorshin

  Thinking, Strange, Turns

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• Being funny is not the same as being happy.

  Dana Gould

  "Brains Behaving Badly: Why So Many Comedians End Up Self-Destructing" by Dana Gould, www.rollingstone.com. August 27, 2014.

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• The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Comedian, Pressure, Given

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• If you don't follow the stock market, you are missing some amazing drama.

  Mark Cuban

  Funny, Drama, Missing

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