Rob Thurman Quotes

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.

I have yet to meet a person whose favorite movie is 'Gigli', but I hope to meet them one day and give them a hug.

Humor comes in all forms, and everyone has their cup of tea about what makes them laugh. But the day we censor humor is a sad one for sure.

Most shows find themselves descending into sentimentality or earnestness at some point but, with 'Community,' the joke is always on.

Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage.

Bad times for the Republic are great times for satire.

Irreverence is an essential part of our culture.

Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people.

If someone says, 'I love 'Jessica Jones!'' I just say, 'Thanks, I love you back!'

Satire, whether it be satire or not, everything has to have boundaries.

A little irreverence is always important to being a columnist. I try to do that.

I think it's legitimate to do satire. If you're going to write a book of satire on Marilyn Monroe or Madonna, you're not going to get their permission, because you're going to make fun of them!

Always end your book with Nelson Mandela saying something about rainbows or renaissances. Because you care.

Comedy has no rules, per se.

Let's just let funny people be funny.

We've always had a philosophy that we would always go wherever the joke is.

I mean, no, I don't think anything is too far; you can make fun of anything.

Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it.

Well I won't argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things. That is exactly what things were originally made for.

That evening I rode downtown on an unaccountably empty bus, sitting in the last row. At the front I saw a thin cloud of smoke rising around the driver’s head. ‘Hey, bus driver,’ I said. ‘Can I smoke?’ ‘May I,’ said the bus driver. ‘I love you,’ I said.

Sure, mom, I settle down with a nice girl every night, then I'm free the next morning.

Holly: Seriously, you don't like unicorns? What kind person doesn't like unicorns? Justine: What kind of a person doesn't like zombies? What have zombies ever done to you? Holly: Zombies shamble. I disapprove of shambling. And they have bits that fall off. You never see a unicorn behaving that way. Justine: I shamble. Bits fall off me all the time: hair, skin cells. Are you saying you disapprove of me?