Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties… and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all.
Comedy Quotes
The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape.
Comedy is tragedy plus time.
Comedy is the main weapon we have against “The Horror.” With it we can strike a blow at death itself. Or, at least, poke a hole in the pretentious notion that there is something dignified about it.
I went straight from shenanigans to cries against humanity.
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot
Comedy is like bass fishing. Everyone is an expert, the fish is smarter than all of them, and the flashiest, shiniest lures never work.
It’s very much easier to be tragic than it is to be comic. I have known people who embrace the tragic view of life, and it is a cop-out. They simply feel rotten about everything, and that is terribly easy.
In comedy there are only two main parts. He who slaps and he who gets slapped.
