Famous quotes by Comedians

"My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"We're more effective than birth control pills"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"For days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: "Are your ready?""

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"People will pay more to be entertained than educated"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"This town was built on nepotism"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"I never thought about being famous"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"The show has become my therapy"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean"

Rowan Atkinson, Comedian

"We still have a tradition, certainly, in English television; it's faded a bit in the last five years, but we still have a tradition where the important thing is the quality and the challenging nature of the programming"

Rowan Atkinson, Comedian

"Of course, some would say, if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people"

Rowan Atkinson, Comedian

"Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it, something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project"

Rowan Atkinson, Comedian

"It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need to explain more about a character"

Rowan Atkinson, Comedian

"In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and he's a little bit theatrical and overblown and smug and he's not very good at his job"

Rowan Atkinson, Comedian

"I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all"

Rowan Atkinson, Comedian

"I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination"

Rowan Atkinson, Comedian

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