Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.

Sports is the toy department of human life.

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny.

Honestly, I was a good kid but I figured out pretty early that I had a gift for making people laugh. I wanted to entertain and when that happens you tend to get yourself in trouble in class.

My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep.

At the end of the day, I know that I make my living by dressing up, fooling around, playing pranks and giving people a good time. I am enjoying the ride.

I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.

If someone could get off a good joke every ten days I think our troubles will be over.

If you can mix glamor and gags, then you can catch the audience twice over.

Comedy provides an escape from the horrors of real life.

I actually don't have a lot of faith in comedy.

So many people in my business go through W.W.C.D? What Would Costas Do? There are many things that I do on the air that make me think, 'That's not filled with much gravitas right there.' That's part of my style.

I actually like to kid around and laugh, and on the court I do like to put on a show.

I love scrapes. They are the only things that are never serious." "Oh, that's nonsense, Algy. You never talk anything but nonsense." "Nobody ever does.

I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about.

They whom trifles distract and nothing occupies are but children.

I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary. It did not need to exist.

Funny is funny. And if it's good, it travels.

For the qualities of sheer wit and humor, Swift had no superior, ancient or modern.

Hopefully, underlying all my jokes is an element of surprise.

A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever.

I gravitate towards anything that has a grain of comedy to it.

I think humor is warmer, and wit is colder. Wit is judgment, whereas humor invites some sort of response.

Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit.