“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”
Laughter is free therapy. These quotes are here to make you smile, snort, or genuinely laugh out loud. They cover the absurdity of life, the comedy of human nature, and the particular genius of people who can make a serious point while being hilarious.
“If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.”
“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”
“If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.”
“Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry are two of the hottest girls in the world - and so normal and funny with it. If I was a few years older they are the kind of girls I'd like to date. I want a younger version of Cheryl and Katy - a mixture of the two would be hot.”
“For years, it's driven me crazy that women don't have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but I always felt... misogynist streak is too strong a term - but a dismissiveness.”
“In terms of the creative side of it, it's really been a thing where you come up with the funny stuff is usually at a bar or out talking to people or whatever.”
“'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience.”
“Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.”
“I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation.”
“It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.”
“The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.”
“I have never been hurt by what I have not said.”
“My main point is to be funny if I can slip a message in there, fine.”
“I appreciate humor so much, but I'm actually not a funny girl.”
“People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas.”
“I could party in a cardboard box with people who are funny and don't care. For me, it's really about who I surround myself with, so I just try to always be with hilarious people.”