Funny inspirational quotes

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

Ernest Hemingway

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

And, in a funny way, each death is different and you mourn each death differently and each death brings back the death you mourned earlier and you get into a bit of a pile-up.

Nigella Lawson

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

Sophie Marceau

But ambition does funny things to people.

Julian Bond

But as far as being popular, yeah, I think Dave Barry is really funny.

Jonathan Franzen

But it's funny that now I'm in such a happy situation, I look more objectively at my own past and see what others have seen for a long time and I'm just so glad I've been able to get to this point.

Rick Allen

But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.

Kristen Johnston

Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.

Garry Shandling

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

James Lipton

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Peter Ustinov

Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.

Luke Wilson

Everybody thought I was a crazy, funny person who'd do anything, and that's how I got to be acceptable to everyone.

Diane Cilento

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else.

Will Smith

Failures are very public, and successes are short lived. It's the pleasure of drawing funny pictures that makes up for it.

Bill Watterson

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.

Scott Adams

Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.

Leslie Fiedler

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

Brendan Fraser

I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.

Paul Lynde

I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.

Leonardo DiCaprio

I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being able to do one thing very enjoyably.

Jhonen Vasquez

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Funny inspirational quotes

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

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.

And, in a funny way, each death is different and you mourn each death differently and each death brings back the death you mourned earlier and you get into a bit of a pile-up.

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

But ambition does funny things to people.

But as far as being popular, yeah, I think Dave Barry is really funny.

But it's funny that now I'm in such a happy situation, I look more objectively at my own past and see what others have seen for a long time and I'm just so glad I've been able to get to this point.

But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.

Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.

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

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.

Everybody thought I was a crazy, funny person who'd do anything, and that's how I got to be acceptable to everyone.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else.

Failures are very public, and successes are short lived. It's the pleasure of drawing funny pictures that makes up for it.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

Funny is an attitude.

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.

Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.

I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.

I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being able to do one thing very enjoyably.

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.