Bill Maher Quotes

It is a challenge. When you do things that are comedy, you're having to look at the funnier side of life. Often I find Christians - but not just Christians, (any) people who have a certain core belief of things - don't like to have fun made of them at all.

We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.

Enough jokes on me. We need to do more jokes on all of them. I thought this was a press dinner where I get to make fun of the press.

There was a lot about the military that I thought was pretty silly, but these cartoons weren't meant to take a poke at anybody or anything. They were meant to make people laugh.

I exaggerate all our selves, our beings. I make fun of everything: of our life and what we are. But I don't tell jokes, really. I just exaggerate life, and it comes out funny.

I like Colbert because he's funny, and he's cool. He knows how to have fun and doesn't stick his nose up to Fox.

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

The whole character of Super Dave is a takeoff on people who pontificate. So one thing I never want to do is pontificate why this works, why this is funny. I have no idea what the appeal is. All we are trying to do is make people have a good time and laugh.

Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills.

I love an act that makes fun of the situation, and of course makes fun of yourself. That's important, you can't take yourself too seriously.

Everything can be made fun of. The most serious things are ripe for making fun of them.

That's sort of what I wanted to make fun of a little bit with Don Jon. And I think oftentimes, if you're going to talk about a sort of substantial topic like this, the best way to do it is with a sense of humor.

I wasn't making fun of my father in-law's religion. And even if I was so what, it's a comedy. Religion should be made fun of, it's quite ridiculous isn't it. Think how people spend their lives, they have no idea. They go around as if this is a fact. It's so insane you know. If I really believed that stuff I'd keep it to myself. Lest somebody think I was out of my mind.

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy.

Everything can be satirized.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.