Laurence J. Peter Quotes

For some reason, people find me funny. It's quite hard to define why a thought is funny. It's even harder to define why a person would be funny. It's a word that I can't define at all. But whether I know quite what it is or not, I seem to be it.

I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life', it was fun to let loose.

If you like dry humor, Henrik Stenson thinks he's very funny, but I think I'm very funny in a dry sense as well.

I bought a dictionary. First thing I did was, I looked up the word "dictionary", and it said "you're an asshole".

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

I like humor.

I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful.

I don't say things to be offensive; I say things because they're funny to me. It amuses me.

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

There's an art to stupid comedy. There's an art to offensive comedy, and I think the key is it's just gotta make you laugh.

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

Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be accepted as a compliment.

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

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

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline.

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.'

I wanna make a jigsaw puzzle that's 40,000 pieces. And when you finish it, it says 'go outside.'

Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

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

People don't expect me to be as funny as I am.