George Orwell Quotes

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

Humor is hostility.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

A lot of people don't think of my work as being all that funny, but I think it's hilarious!

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

I see parody as another form of comedy.

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

You can make fun of everything.

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

A joke is a joke. There's an expression - I don't know if you have it - that's 'adding insult to injury.'

Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself.

Eddie Murphy said once in an interview that nothing is offensive if it's funny. I sort of agree with that, but if something's funny and you're the subject of it, sometimes it's more offensive. If someone's insulting you, you want them to sound like an idiot.

If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.

I don't really need to be dirty to be funny.

Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth.

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.

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.

It's funny because it's funny.

Comedy is the ultimate anarchist.

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

Humor is the ultimate truth. If it’s not true, the joke is not funny.

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