Jerome K. Jerome Quotes

I have Googled so many things related to possible diseases, and it's always ridiculous. Like, 'My toe is hurting. Do I have cancer?' 'I have a scratch in my eye. Am I going to die soon?' 'Is eating a soup going to make me die?'

Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration.

Everything can be satirized.

The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the good diseases.

I have an ulcer. It has an IQ of 185.

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious.

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.

I'm ridiculous, I'm ludicrous.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

I've always been the person at the table who is like, 'I have this weird rash. Anybody else have this?'

I've been around long enough now that people who don't get into the outrageousness, the over-the-top stuff, they know not to buy my books anymore.

In a satire, you need foolishness.

I don't have cancer, I just have a tumour.

I like to think of myself as the corniest, most awful thing you could possibly imagine.

It isn't very serious, I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.

You see a guy with one leg, he's got a story. "Land mine '69." You see a guy with one arm, he's got a story, too. "Snow blower, bottle of whiskey." You see a guy with one tooth, what would the story be? "Well, uh, I like a lot of taffy."

Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone and hospitalized a brick.

Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.

If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

Personally, I think Jim Henson said it best when he said "Anybody got an aspirin? I think I've got a cold."

Make this man a saint now, OK?

Wow," came a familiar voice, "Hypochondriac killed the cat." -Dess