Cass McCombs Quotes

Only one in four jokes ever works, and I still can't predict what people will laugh at.

Part of what I do comes from the fact that I don't know any jokes to tell. And when I do they're really flat and don't work.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

I'm not a good joke teller.

Comedy makes you humble. Because there are so many opportunities to miss, and strike out.

I like things that are funny - in everyday conversation, in incidents that you see, in watching TV or watching film. Comedy has always had an impact on my life.

We didn't choose the joke because it's filthy! We chose it because of the structure!

In comedy, I hate that cop-out where you say, "Just kidding." I know you're just kidding. Don't insult my intelligence by spelling it out for me that much.

I haven't laughed so much over anything since the hogs ate my kid brother.

Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It's unbridled, its unplanned, it's full of suprises.

I'm amused by a lot of things. I love humor. I'm constantly joking around.

The next best thing to a very good joke is a very bad one.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

If you can make just one person laugh, then you are already doing better than Tony Danza.

I still think that, hopefully, you're not ahead of the jokes, and I think that has value. There is a punchline and it's pointed - and, again, whether you think it's funny or not, that's subjective.

What makes people laugh? . . . It's a happy marriage between a person who needs to laugh and someone who's got one to give.

Being funny in life is a lot more like judo. It's using the energy.

People will do anything, anything, for a really nice laugh.

Jokes that make me laugh out loud when I write them almost always bomb. I have no idea why.

Thank God for wisecracks.

If I had a sense of humor, I'd be laughing right now.

Let's focus on the funny. ... That's what I'm focused on... This is the gift God gave me. That's what I want to touch in people.

I literally cannot remember one joke.

Random things make me laugh.