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margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/6" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/6">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/6</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Thurber_NYWTS.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James Thurber"><img alt="James Thurber" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/James_Thurber_NYWTS.jpg/70px-James_Thurber_NYWTS.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/James_Thurber_NYWTS.jpg/105px-James_Thurber_NYWTS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/James_Thurber_NYWTS.jpg/140px-James_Thurber_NYWTS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2147" data-file-height="2786" /></a></span> </div><i>Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/James_Thurber" title="James Thurber">James Thurber</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/7" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/7">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/7</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ErnestHemingway.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ernest Hemingway"><img alt="Ernest Hemingway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ErnestHemingway.jpg/70px-ErnestHemingway.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ErnestHemingway.jpg/105px-ErnestHemingway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ErnestHemingway.jpg/140px-ErnestHemingway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1873" /></a></span> </div><i>They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/8" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/8">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/8</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlie_Chaplin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charlie Chaplin"><img alt="Charlie Chaplin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Charlie_Chaplin.jpg/70px-Charlie_Chaplin.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Charlie_Chaplin.jpg/105px-Charlie_Chaplin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Charlie_Chaplin.jpg/140px-Charlie_Chaplin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span> </div><i>All I need to make comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/9" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/9">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/9</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Carlin_In_concert_at_the_Zembo_Mosque,_Harrisburg,_Pa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="George Carlin"><img alt="George Carlin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/George_Carlin_In_concert_at_the_Zembo_Mosque%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pa.jpg/70px-George_Carlin_In_concert_at_the_Zembo_Mosque%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pa.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/George_Carlin_In_concert_at_the_Zembo_Mosque%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pa.jpg/105px-George_Carlin_In_concert_at_the_Zembo_Mosque%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/George_Carlin_In_concert_at_the_Zembo_Mosque%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pa.jpg/140px-George_Carlin_In_concert_at_the_Zembo_Mosque%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> </div><i>I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/10" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/10">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/10</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mel_Brooks.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mel Brooks"><img alt="Mel Brooks" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mel_Brooks.jpg/70px-Mel_Brooks.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mel_Brooks.jpg/105px-Mel_Brooks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mel_Brooks.jpg/140px-Mel_Brooks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="772" data-file-height="1003" /></a></span> </div><i>Tragedy is if I cut my finger. Comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/11" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/11">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/11</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BertWilliamsPhotoPortraitWithCigarette.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bert Williams"><img alt="Bert Williams" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/BertWilliamsPhotoPortraitWithCigarette.jpg/70px-BertWilliamsPhotoPortraitWithCigarette.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/BertWilliamsPhotoPortraitWithCigarette.jpg/105px-BertWilliamsPhotoPortraitWithCigarette.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/BertWilliamsPhotoPortraitWithCigarette.jpg/140px-BertWilliamsPhotoPortraitWithCigarette.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1047" data-file-height="1428" /></a></span> </div><i>The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortunes.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Bert_Williams" title="Bert Williams">Bert Williams</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/12" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/12">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/12</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Woody_Allen_(2006).jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Woody Allen"><img alt="Woody Allen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Woody_Allen_%282006%29.jpeg/70px-Woody_Allen_%282006%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Woody_Allen_%282006%29.jpeg/105px-Woody_Allen_%282006%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Woody_Allen_%282006%29.jpeg/140px-Woody_Allen_%282006%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="802" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span> </div><i>I think that the tendency for most people is to fall back on a comic interpretation of things -- because things are so sad, so terrible. If you didn't laugh you'd kill yourself. But the truth of the matter is that existence in general is very very tragic, very very sad, very brutal and very unhappy.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/13" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/13">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/13</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Morgenstern-h420.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Christian Morgenstern"><img alt="Christian Morgenstern" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Morgenstern-h420.jpg/70px-Morgenstern-h420.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Morgenstern-h420.jpg/105px-Morgenstern-h420.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Morgenstern-h420.jpg/140px-Morgenstern-h420.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="420" /></a></span> </div><i>Humor is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Christian_Morgenstern" title="Christian Morgenstern">Christian Morgenstern</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/14" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/14">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/14</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_194-1283-23A,_Wuppertal,_Evangelische_Gesellschaft,_Jahrestagung.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Karl Barth"><img alt="Karl Barth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_194-1283-23A%2C_Wuppertal%2C_Evangelische_Gesellschaft%2C_Jahrestagung.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_194-1283-23A%2C_Wuppertal%2C_Evangelische_Gesellschaft%2C_Jahrestagung.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_194-1283-23A%2C_Wuppertal%2C_Evangelische_Gesellschaft%2C_Jahrestagung.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_194-1283-23A%2C_Wuppertal%2C_Evangelische_Gesellschaft%2C_Jahrestagung.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_194-1283-23A%2C_Wuppertal%2C_Evangelische_Gesellschaft%2C_Jahrestagung.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_194-1283-23A%2C_Wuppertal%2C_Evangelische_Gesellschaft%2C_Jahrestagung.jpg 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="788" /></a></span> </div><i>Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Karl_Barth" title="Karl Barth">Karl Barth</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/15" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/15">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/15</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Burnett,_Carol_(Whitehouse).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carol Burnett"><img alt="Carol Burnett" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Burnett%2C_Carol_%28Whitehouse%29.jpg/70px-Burnett%2C_Carol_%28Whitehouse%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Burnett%2C_Carol_%28Whitehouse%29.jpg/105px-Burnett%2C_Carol_%28Whitehouse%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Burnett%2C_Carol_%28Whitehouse%29.jpg/140px-Burnett%2C_Carol_%28Whitehouse%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="344" /></a></span> </div><i>Comedy is tragedy plus time.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/16" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/16">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/16</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cervantes_J%C3%A1uregui.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Miguel de Cervantes"><img alt="Miguel de Cervantes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Cervantes_J%C3%A1uregui.jpg/70px-Cervantes_J%C3%A1uregui.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Cervantes_J%C3%A1uregui.jpg/105px-Cervantes_J%C3%A1uregui.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Cervantes_J%C3%A1uregui.jpg/140px-Cervantes_J%C3%A1uregui.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1443" data-file-height="1893" /></a></span> </div><i>The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays the part.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes" title="Miguel de Cervantes">Miguel de Cervantes</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/17" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/17">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/17</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Cleese_at_1989_Oscars.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Cleese in 1989"><img alt="John Cleese in 1989" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/John_Cleese_at_1989_Oscars.jpg/70px-John_Cleese_at_1989_Oscars.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/John_Cleese_at_1989_Oscars.jpg/105px-John_Cleese_at_1989_Oscars.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/John_Cleese_at_1989_Oscars.jpg/140px-John_Cleese_at_1989_Oscars.jpg 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="473" /></a></span> </div><i>If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And, if I can persuade you to laugh at a particular point that I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge it as true.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/John_Cleese" title="John Cleese">John Cleese</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/18" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/18">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/18</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_Colbert_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen Colbert in 2007"><img alt="Stephen Colbert in 2007" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Stephen_Colbert_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/70px-Stephen_Colbert_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Stephen_Colbert_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/105px-Stephen_Colbert_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Stephen_Colbert_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/140px-Stephen_Colbert_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2295" data-file-height="2440" /></a></span> </div><i>Not living in fear is a great gift, because certainly these days we do it so much. And do you know what I like about comedy? You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you’re laughing, I defy you to be afraid.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a></b>, 2007 </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/19" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/19">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/19</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Pryor_(1986)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Richard Pryor in 1986"><img alt="Richard Pryor in 1986" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="695" /></a></span> </div><i>I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes. Though I'm gonna be on for an hour.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote/20" title="Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/20">Portal:Comedy/Selected quote/20</a> </p> <table class="noprint" style="text-align:left; padding:0; margin:1em auto; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Carrey_horton_hears_a_who_2008-crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jim Carrey in 2008"><img alt="Jim Carrey in 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jim_Carrey_horton_hears_a_who_2008-crop.jpg/70px-Jim_Carrey_horton_hears_a_who_2008-crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jim_Carrey_horton_hears_a_who_2008-crop.jpg/105px-Jim_Carrey_horton_hears_a_who_2008-crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jim_Carrey_horton_hears_a_who_2008-crop.jpg/140px-Jim_Carrey_horton_hears_a_who_2008-crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="826" /></a></span> </div><i>There are two thoughts that will ensure success in all you do; (1) Don't tell everything you know, and (2) until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.</i> <div style="text-align:right; margin-right:10px"> — <b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Carrey" title="Jim Carrey">Jim Carrey</a></b> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="noprint" width="100%" style="padding:0; margin:0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected quotes</a></b></div> </td> <td><div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comedy" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Comedy">More at Wikiquote</a></b></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nominations">Nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>New quotes may be nominated on the talk page.</li> <li>You can also ask for help at <a href="/wiki/Portal_talk:Comedy" title="Portal talk:Comedy">Portal talk:Comedy</a>.</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote&oldid=184716862">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Comedy/Selected_quote&oldid=184716862</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Comedy_portal" title="Category:Comedy portal">Comedy portal</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 16 January 2008, at 12:36<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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