Quotes about comedy
1,001 quotes from 337 people
I don’t care what is written about me, so long as it isn’t true.
Dorothy Parker1893–1967On her abortion, as quoted in You Might as well Live by John Keats (1970)- Dorothy Parker1893–1967Her “Constant Reader” book review of The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, in The New Yorker (October 20, 1928)
Dolly Parton1946–2026Interview with Vanity Fair magazine (November 2012)- Dolly Parton1946–2026Dolly Parton on style, stardom and sexists: ‘I know how to push men off and get the hell away’ The Guardian (October 9, 2023).
I’m not as funny as Chandler is. Because Chandler has thirty people writing for him.
Matthew Perry1969–2023GQ (November 2000)A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.
Laurence J. Peter1919–1990Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), p. 181- Laurence J. Peter1919–1990Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), p. 418
The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh1921–2021About to disembark on state visit to Brazil (November 1968), as quoted in Andrew Duncan The Reality of Monarchy (1970).Well, you’ll never fly in it, you’re too fat to be an astronaut.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh1921–2021Said at the University of Salford to a 13-year-old aspiring astronaut, who was wishing to fly the NOVA rocket, as quoted in of the gaffe: Prince Philip’s top ten embarrassing moments” in the Daily Mirror (14 December 2009).
Harold Pinter1930–2008The Homecoming (1965), act 2, sc. 1Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed.
Brad Pittborn 1963US Weekly (18 September 2000)