Quotes about comedy
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The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that yogurt comes with less fruit.
He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865Letter to Isham Reavis (5 November 1855)- Abraham Lincoln1809–1865On popular sovereignty; rejoinder in the Sixth Lincoln-Douglas Debate (13 October 1858); reported in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler (1953), vol. 3, p. 279
When I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865Statement to an Indiana Regiment passing through Washington (17 March 1865)
Gary Linekerborn 1960Said after England lost to West Germany on penalties in the 1990 World Cup semi-final
David Lloyd George1863–1945Remark to Arthur Salter and A. L. Rowse at dinner (29 August 1938), quoted in A. J. Sylvester, Life With Lloyd George (1975), p. 216Laughter is a basic human need, along with love, and food, and an HBO subscription.
Julia Louis-Dreyfusborn 1961Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (2018)I grew up here in Washington, D.C., back during the quaint, old-fashioned “Rule of Law” period.
Julia Louis-Dreyfusborn 1961Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (2018)- Julia Louis-Dreyfusborn 1961Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (2018)
Norm Macdonald1959–2021To Jerry Seinfeld. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, 12 January 2017Nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean wouldn’t cure.
Ross Macdonald1915–1983The Moving Target (1949)
