Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.

If you are truly offended by an 80-year-old man saying you're not funny, then you're probably not funny.

Eddie Murphy said once in an interview that nothing is offensive if it's funny. I sort of agree with that, but if something's funny and you're the subject of it, sometimes it's more offensive. If someone's insulting you, you want them to sound like an idiot.

Nothing reveals a man's character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense.

A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happen to border on abuse. A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscriminately.

The epithets of imbeciles have never bothered me.

I don't mind being the brunt of a joke, so long as it's a good one.

Reed Scott is really good at coming up with insults.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

You can make fun of everything.

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

A joke is a joke. There's an expression - I don't know if you have it - that's 'adding insult to injury.'

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.

A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge - out of fairness to goats.

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.

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.

You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.

I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

Having a sense of humor is a part of being courageous. It's a source of strength.

As a comedian, you can't tell people that they're wrong or that they're stupid.

If my mum or my wife says that something isn't funny, I know I've struck gold.