Quotes about comedy
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Pauline Hansonborn 1954Maiden Speech as the Member for Oxley (1996)
John McEnroeborn 1959On losing to Tim Mayotte in the Ebel US Pro Indoor Championships, NY Times (February 9, 1987)The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
Alan Aldaborn 1936as interviewed on NPR’s Here & Now, “A Conversation with Alan Alda”, September 13, 2007.
Paul Newman1925–2008Upon winning the 1986 Academy Award for Best Actor, (in The Color of Money), after having being nominated seven times; quoted in Tom O’Neil, “Gold Derby,”, Los Angeles Times (3 September 2006)
Sarah Palinborn 19642008 Republican National Convention- Sarah Palinborn 19642008 Republican National Convention
If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
Bo Burnhamborn 1990Words Words Words (2010)Anyone who thinks the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world is a twat.
Brian Coxborn 1968Radio Times interview, Sept 8, 2008.Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me.
Conan O'Brienborn 1963First Tweet on Twitter, February 24, 2010 TwitterI can cry like Roger. It’s just a shame I can’t play like him.
Andy Murrayborn 1987After being defeated by Roger Federer; BBC sports report 31 January 2010People ask me what my favorite episode of Full House is; it was the last one!
Bob Saget1956–2022Bob Saget: That Ain’t Right (2007)- Bob Saget1956–2022Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian (2014), Ch. 12: Falling Upward, Or What It’s Like To Be Loved And Hated
I don’t call her my middle child, I call her my center child, because the world revolves around her.
Bob Saget1956–2022Bob Saget: That Ain’t Right (2007)
Joe Roganborn 1967Joe Rogan: Live (2006), “The Devolution of Stupid People”I 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 2020