H. L. Mencken Quotes

In times of social tension we pull back on expression, and we always end up believing that it was the wrong thing to do.

I sort of have to self-censor sometimes.

I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.

Neil Hamburger writes such cutting jokes.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

When people laugh at me, they are not laughing in the way that they normally would at a comedian. They are laughing with relief, because the truth has been spoken, and political correctness has not strangled this particular gigastar.

We don't apologize for a joke. We are comics. We are here to make you laugh. If you don't get it, then don't watch us.

Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.

Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent I can do it. I can talk with death in person because I am a clown. Yes. And I am proud to be a clown - very much.

The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool.

People are so scared to really voice who they are. They want to be politically correct. Just scared to see what other people's perceptions are.

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.

Sometimes people say I'm a political comedian, which, actually I'm not. I'm a comedian who sometimes discusses politics, culture - again, the word 'politics' to me is just life.

I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.

There is a term called political correctness, and I consider it to be a euphemism for political cowardice.

I don't have an act. I just talk. I'm just Lenny Bruce.

An 'insult comic' is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.

Comedy is here to bring joy to the world, whether you want to hear the curse words or not.

I come from a much freer kind of performance thing, where I rely on my own improv and my own sense of humor.

I've been watching a ton of Ali Wong on Netflix. I love everything she does - there's a fearlessness about her.

I think you can safely joke about anything. Mostly.

We shouldn't censor ourselves based on the weak idea of "looking cool." It's such a waste of potential awesomeness.

I'm afraid to laugh out loud, because there's so much information.

Comedy is very interesting because you can very quickly cross into dangerous territory. I mean look at what happened, unfortunately, (in) Paris a couple of weeks ago. They were making comics - which were really satire - but it offended people. I'm not saying the reaction was justified but there's definitely a line when you're doing comedy or satire and how it might affect somebody. That's the thing you have to watch and I think you have to be respectful of it.

I was a comedian in Russia, and I worked on the cruise ships there. I met a lot of Americans, and they were laughing even though I didn't speak their language.