Cloris Leachman Quotes

The whole point about laughter is it's like mercury: you can't catch it, you can't catch what motivates it - that's why it's funny.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

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

Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.

If it gets laughs, it's funny.

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.

It's funny because it's funny.

The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things.

Laughable

The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.

I've always found the world funny and enjoy laughing at it, and that's what all comedians do.

I think that we all enjoy silliness to varying degrees but I think everyone can enjoy a relatable thing if it is expressed in a funny way.

I love comedy that seems kind of a little bit absurd.

Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.

I've always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there's a little bit of truth to it.

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

To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.

Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.

What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh.

Everything is ironic to me. There are moments I find hysterical, but I'm probably the only one who would find that, except for a few people.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

You have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.

A laugh is a terrible weapon.

To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news.