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" People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and they also make a lot of music for kids, which is terrific, but when you see them in concert, they can rock the house. "

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" 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. "

Jenna McCarthy

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" 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. "

" Reality continues to ruin my life. "

" 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. "

" Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I'm being funny, but I'm reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we're going down the tube. "

" I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room. "

" It's funny: I can never sleep between shows; I think it's because I don't like to switch the motor off. I'll probably have some chicken or pasta, though never the two together, and maybe go out for a quick wander around. "

" Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be; that's stupid. So be yourself. "

" Who included me among the ranks of the human race? "

" Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. "

" There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. "

" Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children. "

" We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. "

" If you play it straight it's funny - the best comedy is always played straight down the middle. The adjustment is understanding from the screenplay that a moment is hilarious. "

" 'Danger Girl' can be ridiculous, but sometimes it's funny. "

" Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be. "

" I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier. "

" All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other people think that what you think is funny is funny. I don't have an answer but I just try to plough straight ahead. "

" I'm not funny. What I am is brave. "

Lucille Ball

Humor

Brave

" Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious. "

Zach Galifianakis

Funny

Rudeness

" It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger. "

Gertrude Stein

" While I understand that all things must come to an end, whether it's a television advertisement or one's life or the world itself, it doesn't make it any easier to deal with. "

" He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. "

" Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. "

" I love Felicity Jones. It was funny because I went to go see the 'Rogue One' set, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And she's so tiny, and elegant, and she's just so small. Everyone's so much smaller than they seem. "

" I always believe that funny is serious and serious is funny. You don't really need a distinction between them. "

" Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It's all funny. Next. Everyone gets so upset about the wrong things. "

" I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. "

" In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first. "

" I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced. "