Laurence Sterne Quotes

I'm not a big fan of comedy roasts because most of the time I find them to be really mean, but once in a while, you'll hear something perfectly worded and well-crafted.

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.

Humor is hostility.

Comedy is brutal. It's powerful, though.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

You can laugh at somebody because they are innocent, and because they are naive or they are about to walk into a wall, but if somebody's giving you stuff, if somebody's talking, giving you their take on things, what makes you laugh, generally speaking, is going to be somebody who is telling it in an angry way.

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.

I think that certain things are funny and certain things are okay to make fun of - including myself.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

Jokes are grievances.

Everything can be satirized.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable.

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

If it gets laughs, it's funny.

An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth.

Enemies are so stimulating.