Quotes about comedy
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Gerald Ford1913–2006On Saturday Night Live, referencing the catchphrase of Chevy Chase (17 April 1976)
Harrison Fordborn 1942Barbara Walters interview (March 1997)- Harrison Fordborn 1942Life Achievement Award acceptance speech, The Actor Awards (1 March 2026)
A bore is a fellow who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.
E. M. Forster1879–1970Commonplace Book (1985), p. 50People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
Anatole France1844–1924The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), Pt. II, ch. 4
Pope Francis1936–2025“Pope Francis’ answer for his bad knee? Tequila”, PBS, May 17 2022
Milton Friedman1912–2006“Bureaucracy Scorned” in Newsweek (29 December 1975), later published in Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist’s Protest (1983)Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say “what kind of tea?”
Neil Gaimanborn 1960In a widely reported post from his Twitter account (25 February 2009)- Neil Gaimanborn 1960Neil Gaiman’s Twitter stream, Tweet ID # 1178514410, (5 February 2009)
Galileo Galilei1564–1642Letter to Johannes Kepler (1610), as quoted in The Crime of Galileo (1955) by Giorgio De SantillanaI wish TV had a knob so you could turn up the intelligence. The one marked Brightness doesn’t work.
If “pro” is the opposite of “con”, is “progress” the opposite of “congress”?
Gallagher1946–2022From the 1985 movie The Bookkeeper.I’ve never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.
Judy Garland1922–1969Interview, NBC TV (16 March 1961)How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
