Sarah Silverman Quotes

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.

Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

It's just something that's sort of funny, sort of not.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

I love irony.

Ironic things are interesting.

The funniest thing about some people is that they have no sense of humor.

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

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

Irony is one of my favorite aspects of life.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

'The Importance of Being Earnest' is important, but it says nothing about anything.

Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn't comic at all. The comic element works as a surprise. It is unexpected and energizing.

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

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

Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.

The best jokes resonate because they uncover ridiculousness in our daily lives, reveal the silliness - and sometimes sadness - of things we see every day.

I'm just trying to portray what I find ironic or humorous.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.