Comedy Quotes & Jokes / page 157

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I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.

Sometimes heckling can almost help a set, because it ratchets up the tension in the room… can even bring things to a climax.

I get up and a button falls off, I pick up my briefcase and the handle falls off I'm afraid to go to the bathroom.

First class mail sucks. What is third class mail? They must strap a letter on the back of a mental patient and he wanders aimlessly.

I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them.

He's so old that when he orders a three-minute egg, they ask for the money up front.

You can’t fight City Hall, but you can goddamn sure blow it up.

There's this billboard in my neighborhood, and it says, 'Don't leave a baby anywhere,' which is true. I imagine the first rule of baby is to not leave it in the street. Don't even leave it with a knife or a sword - even Excalibur.

I wish there was a knob on the TV so you could turn up the intelligence. They got one marked "brightness" but it don't work, does it?

When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.

A rich man is one who isn't afraid to ask the salesperson to show him something cheaper.

Sometimes for me not throwing a tantrum is what running a marathon or swimming the English Channel must be like for others of a less-challenging emotional nature.

Every time the Russians throw an American in jail, the Committee throws an American in jail to get even.

Actually, I think all addiction starts with soda. Every junkie did soda first. But no one counts that. Maybe they should. The soda connection is clear. Why isn't a presidential commission looking into this? Or at least some guys from the National Carbonation Council.

When my stepfather died, I just kind of fell apart. I felt pretty vulnerable, like there literally could be no tomorrow.