Quotes about comedy
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Ricky Gervaisborn 1961“Inside the Actors Studio,” 2009
Terry Gilliamborn 1940About Hollywood. As quoted in the New York Times article Terry Gilliam’s Feel-Good Endings (14 August 2005)I would myself unto the Devil deliver,
If I were not a Devil myself!I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
Barry Goldwater1909–1998Said in July 1981, on Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell’s opposition to Sandra Day O’Connor’s Supreme Court nominationIf I could drop dead right now, I’d be the happiest man alive.
The day I made that statement, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder.
Al Goreborn 1948Joking about reports that he had claimed to have invented the internet, as quoted in The Boston Globe (9 April 1999).
Lindsey Graham1955–2026Washington Press Club Foundation Congressional Dinner (25 February 2016)You know how to make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to go to Hell.
Lindsey Graham1955–2026“Graham: Trump is a ‘race-baiting, xenophobic’ bigot (2015)” CNN (December 8, 2015)
Cary Grant1904–19861978 interview with Roderick Mann, “Cary Grant: Doing What Comes naturally,” Los Angeles Times (June 11, 1978), p. 39; as quoted in “Quotable Cary” at American Masters (25 May 2005)Cynicism is cheap—you can buy it at any Monoprix store—it’s built into all poor-quality goods.
Graham Greene1904–1991The Comedians (1966), Pt. 1, ch. 1, sct. 3
Germaine Greerborn 1939The Female Eunuch (1970), “The Psychological Sell”
Dave Grohlborn 1969Maxim Magazine (January 2008)
