Quotes about comedy
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Jim Bakker spells his name with two k’s because three would be too obvious.
If I thought the Lord was speaking to me I’d check myself into Bellevue, and I think you should too.
Bill Maherborn 1956Larry King Live, 11 August 2005; in response to a called-in question if he would become a believer if the Lord spoke to himI dream of being able to score another goal against England… this time with the right hand.
Diego Maradona1960–2020Less than a month before he died, referencing the hand of God. Quoted in Hannigan, Mary. “Funny old games: The sporting year in a year like no other”, The Irish Times. 30 December 2020To be a frontman you have to be half very driven and half a total knob. I like to think I’m both.
Chris Martinborn 1977On a Time Out London interview, June 8-15, 2005.I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
Steve Martinborn 1945Hosting the 73rd Academy Awards (2001) [14:42]All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
Boy, those French, they have a different word for everything!
- Steve Martinborn 1945Picasso at the Lapin Agile
You kill me and I’ll see that you never work in this town again.
Steve Martinborn 1945As Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr in The Man with Two Brains (1983)Those are my principles. If you don’t like them I have others.
Groucho Marx1890–1977To S. J. Perelman about his book Dawn Ginsbergh’s Revenge (1929), as quoted in LIFE (9 February 1962)