Billy Collins: There's something very authentic about humor, when you...

Quote	There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny. Copy
Author	Billy Collins
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Quote: Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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T. J. Miller
Category:
Funny

Funny is as funny...

Quote: Back in the '70s, like one of my favorite movies ever was 'The Bad News Bears', and that was a kids' movie, but I don't think of it that way. I think of it as just a great movie because Walter Matthau was so funny and so harsh with those kids.
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Author:
Jack Black
Category:
Funny

Back in the '70s,...

Quote: The two things in the world we all share in this world are laughter and pain. We've all got problems. The levels of those problems vary, but we've all got problems. When you can take things that are painful and make them funny, that's a gift - to you and your audience.
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Author:
Kevin Hart
Category:
Funny

The two things in...

Quote: The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
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Author:
Jean de la Bruyere
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Funny

The first day one...

Quote: Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.
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Author:
Ben Stein
Category:
Funny

Screaming at children over...

Quote: Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off the bat, as soon as they can speak or be naughty.
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Author:
Eric Idle
Category:
Funny

Probably spending 12 years...

Quote: Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.
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Author:
Ed Sheeran
Category:
Funny

Try to find someone...

Quote: Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
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Author:
Charles Dudley Warner
Category:
Funny

Everybody talks about the...

Quote: Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children.
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Author:
Bill Hicks
Category:
Funny

Children are smarter than...

Quote: Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.
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Author:
Joey Adams
Category:
Funny

Do not worry about...

Quote: I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.
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Author:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Category:
Funny

I got attention by...

Quote: Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect it from you, and they don't want to see it. You're not entitled to be serious, you're a clown.
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Author:
Fanny Brice
Category:
Funny

Being a funny person...

Quote: I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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Author:
Ron White
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Funny

I believe that if...

Quote: I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
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Author:
Bette Davis
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Funny

I'd luv to kiss...

Quote: It's funny: people who meet me say, 'I thought you'd be different.' But I'm still the same guy.
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Author:
Bill Engvall
Category:
Funny

It's funny: people who...

Quote: If you're OK with being clumsy, it's funny. But if you are super embarrassed, people are going to laugh at you.
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Author:
Leo Howard
Category:
Funny

If you're OK with...

Quote: All I've wanted to be is someone people look up to. It's funny - everyone says I'm controversial. I've never worked out what it is about me that's controversial. I've never had a DUI; I've never been in a brawl; you've never seen photos of me walking out of clubs at 5 A.M.
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Author:
Ruby Rose
Category:
Funny

All I've wanted to...

Quote: I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it.
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Author:
Gene Wilder
Category:
Funny

I write funny. If...

Quote: I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.
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Author:
Johnny Carson
Category:
Funny

I was so naive...

Quote: It's funny how seeing a love story never gets boring, because it's the dream, isn't it? It's the dream to have a true connection with another human being.
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Author:
Felicity Jones
Category:
Funny

It's funny how seeing...

Quote: Ignoring fame was my rebellion, in a funny way. I was insistent on being normal and doing normal things. It probably wasn't advisable to go to college in America and room with a complete stranger. And it probably wasn't wise to share a bathroom with eight other people in a coed dorm. Looking back, that was crazy.
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Author:
Emma Watson
Category:
Funny

Ignoring fame was my...

Quote: I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
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Author:
Robert Benchley
Category:
Funny

I have tried to...

Quote: It's funny; it's a real balancing act. In TV, everybody's talking about authenticity. In order to make 'Dirty Jobs' authentic, I really can't be overly informed. The minute I am, I become a host... It's a very tricky business paying a tribute to work, because TV is very bad at it.
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Author:
Mike Rowe
Category:
Funny

It's funny; it's a...

Quote: Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.
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Author:
Wavy Gravy
Category:
Funny

Keep your sense of...

Quote: There are a lot of funny people in my family. Absolutely. There were a lot of jokes growing up around the dinner table, for sure. We didn't grow up in a creative family.
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Author:
Nate Corddry
Category:
Funny

There are a lot...

Quote: A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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Author:
Steve Martin
Category:
Funny

A day without sunshine...

Quote: I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.
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Author:
Norman Wisdom
Category:
Funny

I was born in...

Quote: I don't care how handsome or fabulous or funny the groom is, or how sweet and accommodating the bride, or vice versa. Marriage is hard.
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Author:
Jenna McCarthy
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Funny

I don't care how...

Quote: Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name.
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Author:
Milton Berle
Category:
Funny

Experience is what you...

Quote: I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once.
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Author:
Jon Pardi
Category:
Funny

I'm a funny guy....

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