“There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you”
Will Rogers
“It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.”
“If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a singer.”
George Burns
“You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one”
“The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.”
Peter De Vries
“There are many different kinds of comedians ... the observational humorist, the impressionist, the character creator, the physical comedian, the self-deprecator, the dirty-joke teller. What made Richard so brilliant is he was able to incorporate all these styles at once,”
Damon Wayans
“There are many different kinds of comedians ... the observational humorist, the impressionist, the character creator, the physical comedian, the self-deprecator, the dirty-joke teller. What made Richard so brilliant is he was able to incorporate all these styles at once.”
