Quotes about comedy
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Mark Twain1835–1910“Taming the Bicycle” (1917)
Will Rogers1879–1935Daily Telegram #1230, Congress Session, Rogers Says, Is Like Baby Getting A Hammer (4 July 1930)If people stand in a circle long enough, they’ll eventually begin to dance.
George Carlin1937–2008Napalm and Silly Putty (2001)
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol I (31 July 1763) p. 132. [Several editions have the variant “hind legs”.]- Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol I (1754), p. 72 (n. 4)
That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II (1770) p. 181
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834Lectures and Notes on Shakespeare and Other English Poets (1811–1818), Part I: “Lectures on Shakespeare and Milton. 1811–1812”, Lecture I, p. 36
Richard Feynman1918–1988Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985), Part 5: “The World of One Physicist”, “Is Electricity Fire?”, p. 283
W. C. Fields1880–1946According to Collier’s (28 November 1925), Fields is said to have used this line as early as 1923 in the musical comedy play Poppy
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Cold Turkey (2004)If you’re going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.
Hunter S. Thompson1937–2005BankRate.com Interview (1 November 2004)In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.
Spiro Agnew1918–1996Speech in San Diego (September 11, 1970)As the French say, there are three sexes — men, women, and clergymen.
Sydney Smith1771–1845Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 9, p. 313- Sydney Smith1771–1845Peter Plymley’s Letters (1808), Letter IV
My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was actually twelve miles from a lemon.
Sydney Smith1771–1845Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 9, p. 312