Merrill Markoe Quotes

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

What I find funny are peoples' blind spots. That's the funniest thing about anybody - when they just don't realize who they are. What's funny about seeing a hippo do ballet is it thinks it's a swan.

Do you remember when you told me I couldn't see myself clearly? You obviously have the same blindness

I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.

You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.

I look at old performance videos now, and it's really funny - I thought I was such a gangster!

The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters, they don't notice they're getting made fun of. So they'll say something back that's not that great a quip, but in their mind they won the argument.

I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my journey, and my eyes aren't fully open yet.

I'm not saying this just to be self-deprecating, but I have always taken delight in playing people who are oblivious, because I do think I have giant, giant blind spots. It's a very comfortable place to be.

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.

When it comes to comedy, it might be interesting to know why an airplane works, but really? Maybe it's better not to know why certain things work. Just fly the thing, and if nothing falls apart, you'll be fine.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.

We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves

Sometimes I think I'm funny. But then sometimes I see myself, and I think, 'There's somebody trying to be funny.'

Everyone's sex life is funny except your own. Every person's is, and yours never is.

Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've ever heard of.

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Artificial intelligence cannot solve the problem of not knowing what the hell you're doing and not really caring one way or the other. It's not a solution for shortsightedness and lack of transparency.

I'm not saying that I don't like the stuff I put out into the world, because I genuinely enjoy my videos and think they are funny. What I'm saying is that I embrace the fact that I have a punchable face, and that if I could punch myself without feeling it, I would.

Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.

She's so in love with me, she doesn't know anything. That's why she's in love with me.

It is, for example, axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.

All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge.