Emo Philips Quotes

Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.

The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.

You don't have to think really hard to get the joke. I think humor in general appeals to all people.

Let's focus on the funny. ... That's what I'm focused on... This is the gift God gave me. That's what I want to touch in people.

People who go for humor are wonderful because they do great humor. People who go for wit and end up with humor are people who have made a mistake.

Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it.

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

I'll do almost anything for a laugh.

Sometimes I make myself laugh, but that's because I appreciate my sense of humor.

I pretty much will do anything for a laugh.

I wanted to be clever, but being funny came first. That's how you know someone is clever. They don't come out and tell you pi to 13 places - they tell you a joke.

I do find things funny. When you see life through the eyes of someone with a good sense of humor, which my grandmother did, life is a human comedy.

Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.

I think it's important to have a sense of humor. You have to be able to laugh at yourself.

The kick [of comedy] is to think quickly. It's a great kick.

Personally I don't spend much time thinking about being funny. For me it's always been just a way to get by, a way to be likable yet to remain removed. When I speak up, it's not because I have any particular answers; rather, I have a desire to puncture the pretentiousness of those who seem so certain they do.

If life a joke then I’m waiting for the punch. You all about the beef but me, I’m bout the bun.

Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.

Jokes can be noble. Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion, to the futility of thinking and striving anymore. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward - and since I can start thinking and striving again that much sooner.

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth.

Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It's unbridled, its unplanned, it's full of suprises.

I think I became funny because I grew up in the Bronx. I was small and weak and Jewish instead of large and fierce and Puerto Rican. You need something.

I love comedy. I don't approach it any different. I'm not a comedian. I'm not a stand-up. I just do it like a part and personally, I love to watch comedies. If you don't get to do what you like to watch you get frustrated.

Humor is not far from my vocabulary.

True wit never made us laugh.