Lea DeLaria Quotes

Hipsters seek refuge in church, Our Lady of Perpetual Subculture. There is some discussion as to whether or not they are still cool but then they are calmed by the obscure location and the arrival of their kind. Keep the address to yourself, let the rabble fund it themselves. Wow, this crappy performance art is really making me feel no so terrible about my various emotional issues.

Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.

You should be thankful that dark colors suit you. Not everyone wears black well." "Why, Lady Olivia, is that a compliment?" "Not so much as a compliment to you as an insult to everyone else," she assured him. "Thanks heaven for that. I don't think I would know how to conduct myself in a world in which you offered compliments.

Fashion advice from the Tooth Fairy, that's great.

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

You've always got to have the right blend of colour. You'd be silly to match a yellow t-shirt with a light green pair of trousers, you know? You can wear different colours at the same time, and as long as they blend with each other then it works. That's what I like.

The 'Hipster Nerds' like stuff because they hate it. It's like they ironically like it.

The nature of comedy is 'just do it.' But I think what's interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it's just saying what's wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it.

I think I'm more of an absurdist than a satirist. I think I'm more of a - humanist? I hate to say it!

Humor is hostility.

What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless?

There's almost no such thing as a hipster.

We actually became just what it was that we'd set out to make fun of.

Cheap jewelery should never be worn unless it happens to be something that you positively know suits you.

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

I put the cult in culture.

There's a misconception that you have to match your shoes and your bag. It can be so cool to add a patterned or off-color heel.

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

This is what the establishment is scared of: Of joy, the sense of humour, of irony.

'Take Her Up to Monto' is a very satirical song. I don't really like people calling it a folk song because it kind of isn't. It's a bit cheeky calling it 'Take Her Up to Monto,' but the whole idea was to be very irreverent.

I started out making fun of comedy. Then I became the thing I was making fun of.

My brand of comedy is taking a serious approach to silliness. Small moments of modern life and human behavior make me laugh. At least that's where everything starts, and then my other through line would be a dry absurdity that exponentially spirals out of reality.

I would love to be part of dark comedies. I love them! They are no-nonsense, no spoonfeeding, and the norms and cliches are left behind.

I tend to find comedy in dark places. I also tend to find comedy in taking on the status quo - which has always been something I find important.

Nice blouse, Sage,” Adrian told me, deadpan. “It really brings out the khaki in your pants.