Comedian Quotes

• Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, Life, Change

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1988). “The Will Rogers scrapbook”, Random House Value Publishing

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• I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Humor, Stupid People

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

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• Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

  Alan Moore

  Humor, Realizing, Make Sense

  "Fictional character: Edward Blake". "Watchmen", www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• Life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.

  Bill Hicks

  Funny, Dream, Revolutionary Ideas

  "Bill Hicks: Sane Man". Documentary, Comedy, 1989.

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• Being a comedian, people tell me stuff they shouldn't tell their therapist.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Funny, Humor, People

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• The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

  George Jean Nathan

  Funny, Real, Humor

  American Mercury, Sept. 1929

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• Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.

  Bob Newhart

  Vacation, Attention, Comedy

  "Bob Newhart Set For Las Vegas Show". Interview with Scott Gulbransen, states.aarp.org. November 3, 2016.

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• Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography.

  Paul Rodriguez

  Funny, War, Teaching

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• Comedians are really writers who don't
  have pens and pencils about them, but
  they riff.

  Carl Reiner

  Pens, Pencils

  Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. October 2004.

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  In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Nov 18, 2009

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• There really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode.

  Tom Leykis

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• When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

  Carrot Top

  My Friends, Laughed

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  At my funeral, I want Meryl Streep crying in five different accents.

  Joan Rivers

  Funeral, Age, Different

  Joan Rivers (2012). “I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me”, p.44, Penguin

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  The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Im Sorry, Heart

  "Why Demetri Martin's new show is an Important Thing not to miss" by Will Dean, www.theguardian.com. September 24, 2009.

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• As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.

  Shelley Berman

  Important, Awareness

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

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• Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.

  John Ratzenberger

  Humor, Laughing, Use

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• The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry

  Martin Landau

  Real, Laughing, Cry

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• I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians.

  Todd Barry

  People, Want, Astronaut

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• My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Running, Country, Grandfather

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• It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing

  Harvey Pekar

  Novelists, Doing Me, Stand Up Comedian

  Harvey Pekar, Michael Rhode (2008). “Harvey Pekar: Conversations”, p.104, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

  James Lipton

  Funny, Laughing, Analyzing

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• I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

  Bob Newhart

  Way, Saws, Comedy

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• They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever.

  Mike Judge

  Humor, Giving, Laughing

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• I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.

  Denis Norden

  Writing, People, Challenges

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• I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

  Shelley Berman

  Actors, Becoming

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

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