Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
- Peter Ustinov
Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk,
my first instinct is to laugh.
But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me.
Then it wouldn’t seem quite so funny.
- Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
I’m a classic example of all humorists — only funny when I’m working.
- Peter Sellers
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.
- Will Rogers