Roy Blount Jr. Quotes

There is no harm in making people laugh by making fun of yourself. What's wrong is when people derive pleasure from making fun of others.

I long ago vowed, as Batman did before me, never to make fun of stuff that people couldn't help. Because it's (1) easy and (2) not fair. There are plenty of things that people have complete control over that are worthy of ridicule.

I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself.

I never think if I do an impression of someone, I'm never making fun of them.

The people never endeavor to ridicule those they love and esteem, nor will they suffer them to be ridiculed. If any one attempts it, their ridicule returns upon the author; he makes himself only the object of public hatred and contempt.

I'm the guy in the crowd making fun of the hero's shirt.

There is parody, when you make fun of people who are smarter than you; satire, when you make fun of people who are richer than you; and burlesque, when you make fun of both while taking your clothes off.

It is a challenge. When you do things that are comedy, you're having to look at the funnier side of life. Often I find Christians - but not just Christians, (any) people who have a certain core belief of things - don't like to have fun made of them at all.

It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

At this point, we've ripped on everyone.

There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.

I try to be funny and not ignorant.

The comedy on '2 Broke Girls' always comes from a place of love - it's never mean. We're a comedy, and we often go right to the edge. It doesn't bother me. I've encountered this all my life. I've been made fun of all my life.

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

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

A joke is a joke. There's an expression - I don't know if you have it - that's 'adding insult to injury.'

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.

I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy.

I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'

There's no glory and no respect in making fun of the weak, the powerless.

A roast is like a get-together where people come down and talk about you and dog you out, the way you came up, the knucklehead things that you did, stuff like that.

One camel does not make fun of another camel's hump.