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		Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon,
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				W. S. Gilbert
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When you're a kid, 'Star Trek' is a slower burn. It's funny, it's entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it - which is its universal appeal, I think.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Benedict Cumberbatch
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for the show we're doing at Joe's Pub, so it's kind of fun to get down and rehearse new things, and also rethink some of the older songs, how we're going to do them.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lesley Gore
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I like to rap about things that are funny but mostly things that are relatable. I remember there was this one song with Ja Rule, and I forgot, exactly, but it was with Ashanti, and there's a line in it that was like, 'She hit me up on AIM.' But that wasn't the actual line; it was something else, but I was like, 'Oh my God, he uses AIM!'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Nora Lum
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kevin Dillon
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The funny thing is, though I write mysteries, it is the one genre in adult fiction I never read. I read Nancy Drew, of course, when I was a kid, but I think the real appeal is as a writer because I'm drawn to puzzly, complicated plots.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elise Broach
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Leslie Fiedler
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It so coincided that Marcos had money. After the Bretton Woods agreement he started buying gold from Fort Knox. Three thousand tons, then 4,000 tons. I have documents for these: 7,000 tons. Marcos was so smart. He had it all. It's funny; America didn't understand him.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Imelda Marcos
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Now, I've gotten to the point in my career, I'm 13 years in, to where I know that I'm funny. I know that I'm good at this.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Brad Williams
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mary Tyler Moore
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It's funny: I've always had the analogy of a snow globe, that Hollywood is a snow globe. No, it's true. If you shake it up, you can look at it and really enjoy it. But don't ever go in. Don't ever buy into it and be like, 'I deserve all of this!' because it can go away at any time, so just have a lot of fun.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Krasinski
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		'SNL' ain't been relevant since Jim Belushi. It's on every week; it's not funny. They need to find some black women to put on there to make it funny.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Loni Love
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I run around my house naked with heels all the time. It's so funny.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mary-Kate Olsen
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I sometimes find that in interviews you learn more about yourself than the person learned about you.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				William Shatner
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				William Gibson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		A political consultant, when we first started thinking about Senate race, said, "You can have one funny name. You can be 'Barack Smith.' Or you can be 'Joe Obama.' But 'Barack Obama' - that's not gonna work."
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barack Obama
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		What kind of life are you leading where you consider ketchup fancy? "Well, we ain't rich folk, but on special occasions, I'll break out the ketchup. Grandma's birthday, make her feel special"
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jim Gaffigan
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I've never eaten a Hot Pocket and then afterwards been, I'm glad I ate that. I'm always like, I'm gonna die.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jim Gaffigan