Bo Burnham Quotes

Laughter is such a healing thing, and through laughter, we find commonalities with each other. There's a lot of separation in the world, and by creating more things to laugh at, we can create a common ground for open discussion.

Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.

The underlying goal of comedy is feeling not-alone.

We're all funny. Humor unites us.

I think no matter where you're from, you're going to be laughing about stuff going on around you.

I just talk about the funny things in my life, and the idea is that my observations reflect the lives of my audience - so people are really laughing at themselves. This is the theory, anyway, and I am aware that in print, that it doesn't appear to be very funny. But it is, and I am definitely funny.

When a novelist manages to describe or evoke something you thought or felt, without realizing that other people also found themselves in the same situation and had the same feelings, it creates that same solidarity. Maybe it's better to think of humor not as a tool to express the solidarity, but a kind of by-product. Maybe the realization "I'm not on my own on this one" is always, or often, funny.

You know, funny can be universal.

There is a universality to comedy.

To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you.

If I find something funny and make an older woman laugh, I love that for some reason.

Jokes are so personal, and they bring us together in so many ways.

Comedy unites, it doesn't divide!

Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.

A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.

I've always found the world funny and enjoy laughing at it, and that's what all comedians do.

I think that we all enjoy silliness to varying degrees but I think everyone can enjoy a relatable thing if it is expressed in a funny way.

If I can relate to the joke, it's going to be funny.

Humor connects us, especially in politics. It's a way of surprising one another with shared context and experience.

My way of making people like me was to make 'em laugh.

I like humor.

One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?

I've always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there's a little bit of truth to it.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.