Maz Jobrani Quotes

I think comedy tells a lot; you can tell what people think by what they laugh at.

I love astute observations and really great wordplay. I love the way that Louis C.K. observes life, and I love the way Patton Oswalt talks about it.

As satirists, we get to stand on the sidelines of life and comment on what's happening.

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

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

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.

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

Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.

Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

If you're watching a comedian on television and he's making a political point, I would say he's gotten too serious.

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.

With comedy I can search for the profound.

I find the closer you get to people, the harder it is to satirise them.

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.

Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion and questioning everything we see.

One of the jobs of a stand-up comedienne is to expose hypocrisy.

Comedy is a reaction to the world, and I think it really helps to be an outsider. I've always been very interested in people's behavior, to the point of being obsessed - seeing what people needed and reading them, I think that's the backbone of comedy.

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

I used to hear on the radio people like Jack Benny or Bob Hope, but I never had any interest in their type of humor. I thought that I could do something more substantially meaningful with significant, thoughtful, analytical reflections on real life situations.

Doug Motel makes 'conscious comedy'. He makes me laugh, and he makes me think.