Thomas Edward Brown Quotes

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.

The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.

My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.

Comedy isn't just timing; it's about rooting out the funny in the real. You just bend reality to the left a little.

I've always found the world funny and enjoy laughing at it, and that's what all comedians do.

The whole point of real comedy is that you can say something that is true, and by being funny, you can make it tolerable for people, and hopefully they'll laugh at you, too.

When Ling was communicating to any person the signs by which messengers might find him, he was compelled to add, "the neighbourhood in which this contemptible person resides is that officially known as 'the mean quarter favoured by the lower class of those who murder by treachery'," and for this reason he was not always treated with the regard to which his attainments entitled him, or which he would have unquestionably received had he been able to describe himself as of "the partly-drained and uninfected area reserved to Mandarins and their friends.

Two fat ladies, 88! Not that you'd find these ladies at a bingo hall, of course... they're altogether a higher class of fat lady.

Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

I had an idea of what I thought was funny. It's kind of based on how I am.

The best shows to tweet about are the ones that are hilarious, but they might not necessarily be trying to be hilarious. Those are the easiest and the funniest because you're like 'come onnnn.'

If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?

A lot of people don't think of my work as being all that funny, but I think it's hilarious!

Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

If it gets laughs, it's funny.

We do not take humor seriously enough.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.