Tig Notaro Quotes

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.

Ask, 'How are we different from the great apes?' We have culture, we have civilisation, and we have language to be celebrated as part of being human.

I could party in a cardboard box with people who are funny and don't care. For me, it's really about who I surround myself with, so I just try to always be with hilarious people.

Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things like a double cheeseburger.

Speech is civilization itself.

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.

Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.

My earliest memories as a kid was I would always try to make my mom and my stepdad laugh at dinner. Or make my friends laugh in class. And, I don't know, it's something I just really enjoy doing.

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.

My kind of wanting to be funny didn't come from need, necessarily. The closest I can analyze it is that it was an easy way to make friends, I found out. It was just a great kind of social tool.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.

I make sure that I laugh as much as possible, as its the best exercise, and if I'm really feeling the need to do some exercise, I'll go out with my best girls and dance the night away.

The thing that makes my generation The Greatest is our ability to hang out. We're spectacular at it. If you take somebody from my generation and sit them on a couch and bring them food and plumbing, they'll sit there and talk to you about anything you want until the day you die.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Believe me, there is nothing more rewarding than making Peter Jackson chuckle.

You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.

You have to be great friends and make each other laugh. We laugh a lot and neither is jealous of the other.

A life spent in the routine of science need not destroy the attractive human element of a woman's nature.

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

I try to laugh as much as possible and enjoy the company of people who can make me laugh.

I like women around. I like female energy. I find it very important.

So, I've got to have food, I've got to have humor. But these things are just the way in to what the show's really about, I think, which is connecting with the people.

It's what makes me the happiest - to make beautiful things for the people I love, and to fill my home with love and laughter and music and food and people.