“I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators. Stand-up comedy is very much a conversation. It's very personal, stylistically.” HumorFunnyGuyComedyConversationStand Up ComedyEscalators Author:Jim Gaffigan
“You can say, 'Can I use your bathroom?' and nobody cares. But if you ask, 'Can I use the plop-plop machine?' it always breaks the conversation.” IfsUseHumorCareFunnyAsksBreakConversationMachinesBathroomNobody Cares Author:Dave Attell
“Then you get these articles about how unhealthy life is in the city. You know; mobile phone tumours - far more likely in the city. Well you know what, so is everything else! Including sex, coffee and conversation.” KnowsWellsHumorFunnyLife IsSexCitiesConversationIncludingPhonesCoffeeArticlesMobileUnhealthyMobile Phones Author:Dylan Moran
“For me, stand-up comedy is a conversation between me and the audience. I have to keep them listening. When I'm making jokes about cake for twenty minutes, I have to make sure my audience is interested and following where I'm going.” HumorFunnyAudienceComedyMinutesListeningConversationJokesTwentiesFollowingCakeStand Up Comedy Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People will be like, "Hey Jim, how ya do-" "I read a book! Two hundred and fifty pages!" "That's great, what was it about?" "No idea! Took me three years!"” PeopleTryingYearsTwoBookIdeasHumorFunnyThreeProudConversationPagesHundredHeyNo IdeaFiftyThree YearsNow And ThenProud Of Myself Author:Jim Gaffigan
“God doesn't seem to talk to people like he used to. Who's he talking to now? I don't know. Then I'm walking down the street in Manhattan one day, and I realize maybe it's those guys you see walking down the street talking to themselves. You know, those guys that are like, 'I can't! No, I can't!' Maybe the other side of that conversation is God going, 'You're the new leader.' 'No I can't!' They're not crazy - they're reluctant prophets.” PeopleKnowsI CanHumorSeemsFunnyUsedGuySidesRealizingTalkingLeaderCrazyStreetsWalkingOne DayConversationProphetManhattanReluctant Author:Marc Maron
“I'm an American so its kind of hard for me to talk about 9/11. So whenever someone brings it up in a conversation, I say "I didn't like 9/11."” KindHardHumorFunnyConversation Author:Zach Galifianakis
“In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.” HumorTalkingConversationWitEasiness Author:George Herbert