Observational Comedy Quotes

#1. I like to describe my stuff as observational comedy.

Lilly Singh

#2. When a kid says "smell my hand," it almost never smells like cinnamon.

Brian P. Cleary

#3. Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosophy was giving you space off the tee; if you put it in the right side of the fairway, you ended up getting the right angle to the green.

Jack Nicklaus

#4. Drugs bring us to to the gates of paradise, then keep us from entering.

Mason Cooley

#5. There's no place like a library!

A.J. DeJong

#6. After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and could do in order to be successful touring comedians, and those were mainly observational comedians who had a very strict structure of what made an act, and I think it was very performance oriented.

Scott Aukerman

#7. What we seek to do in Tantric Buddhism is to liquefy ourselves. Life will automatically bring us to the next stage. You don't really have to know where you're going - It's like breathing.

Frederick Lenz

#8. I've done some things I'm embarrassed about, and I like to tell people about them so that maybe they feel less embarrassed or alone when they do something they're unsure about.

Amy Schumer

#9. I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.

Riz Ahmed

#10. It's not technically gossip if you start your sentence with "I'm really concerned about ," (fill in the name of the person you're not gossiping about).

Brian P. Cleary

#11. Everyone has their personal topics. My comedy has always been very strong on observational humor, it stems from what I see every day in my life.

Iliza Shlesinger

#12. There's no such thing as free kittens.

Brian P. Cleary

#13. Dear Lord, I struggle caring too much about the opinions of others. I beg You to please whisper words of truth into my heart and mind today. Protect me from both the bad and good opinions of others as I am reminded that only Your opinion counts. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Lysa TerKeurst

#14. Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, and then everything burst into flames.

Brian P. Cleary

#15. The only ironic thing about that song is that it's called 'Ironic' and it is written by a woman who doesn't know what irony is. That's quite ironic when you think about it.

(on Alanis Morissette's 'Ironic')

Ed Byrne

#16. Shoes must have very high heels and platforms to put women's beauty on a pedestal.

Vivienne Westwood

#17. Not only is love blind, it's a little hard of hearing.

Brian P. Cleary

#18. If a couple has their picture taken at a wedding or other social gathering, and the woman looks hot, her guy could be blinking, chewing, or even mid-sneeze, and she'll still display it on her desk at work.

Brian P. Cleary

#19. As an author I'm in my head all day and I worry that I lose touch with reality. But then my dog pees on my shoe and I know I've found it again.

Michelle M. Pillow

#20. ( ... ) gender bias influences how we view performance and typically raises our assessment of men while lowering our assessment of women.

Sheryl Sandberg