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What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.


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Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
STEVE MARTIN Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke
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GILDA RADNER I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy...
STEVE COOGAN He was a genius. To think all these years on his comedy is still making us laugh
EDDIE IZZARD In those days, there was one secret to making good comedy. If it made the audience laugh, it was a g...
HAL ROACH Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of ju...
COLIN FIRTH The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want...
TREVOR NOAH I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making th...
KUMAIL NANJIANI I believe comedy should be a resource to promote social change instead of regression. I can't say en...
LAURA GARRISON Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTIN I do love comedy, and when it's a comedy moment and you can make people laugh, of course it is w...
MAGGIE SMITH I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started makin...
MARY LYNN RAJSKUB Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
HOWARD W. NEWTON Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
ISAAC NEWTON Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.
SAM KINISON It's a tremendous feeling walking on to a set with a live audience and making them laugh, but I ...
JULIA SAWALHA When I was a kid, I was a fan of comedy. I always loved Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and ...
WILL ARNETT It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like ...
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MIKE NICHOLS Steve Martin exploded through 'Saturday Night Live,' ... What you have now is Comedy Central, a read...
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VIVIEN LEIGH Comedy in America is very serious. Either they laugh, or they don't.
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PAUL FEIG Making art is not the matter of a moment, and nor is making an exhibition; curating follows art.
HANS-ULRICH OBRIST Ques eso? Queso?
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EVE ARDEN Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of c...
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STAN LAUREL stand tall, smile bright, and let them wonder what secrets making you laugh!
DAN BROWN The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
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WOODY ALLEN Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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BOB SAGET The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers...
JERRY SEINFELD A pitfall of making a comedy with a studio-and it's also an American cultural thing-is that I get ti...
ALEXANDER PAYNE Blonde is dumb comedy, red hair is smart, sexy comedy.
LISA KUDROW In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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DAN HARMON Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, tha...
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CHRIS ROCK The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and faken...
LOUIS C. K. Making people laugh never felt so good,
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HEATHER PATTERSON Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.
EDDI READER To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and t...
KAT GRAHAM The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.
MIKE BIRBIGLIA Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
LARRY HAGMAN I don't know what I'd do if I was making a romantic comedy; I wouldn't feel like I was e...
DANIELLE HARRIS Education is the art of making man ethical.
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL Education is the art of making man ethical.
G. W. F. HEGEL Education is the art of making man ethical
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art of all.
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ISAAC NEWTON Comedy is what we do, curling is just a sideline.
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JAVIER PASCUAL SALCEDO Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible
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STEVE IRWIN There's a waterfall of content that you're missing out on.
STEVE CHEN The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
STEVE COOGAN Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk....
STEVE IRWIN The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.
STEVE IRWIN So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.
STEVE IRWIN No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem.
STEVE IRWIN I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.
STEVE IRWIN I sincerely believe that there's room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we ...
STEVE IRWIN That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from...
STEVE IRWIN We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been s...
STEVE IRWIN Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.
STEVE IRWIN The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm get...
STEVE IRWIN When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to...
STEVE IRWIN No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted wi...
STEVE IRWIN I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet...
STEVE IRWIN Crikey means gee whiz, wow!
STEVE IRWIN Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.
STEVE IRWIN Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.
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