Top 1200 Stand Up Comedian Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

The folks in this counrty need somebody that will stand up for them.

I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.

I’m a bowling pin, even when I fall I’ll always stand back up.

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

Stand-up is my favorite thing I've ever done. There's so much independence.

I've always been the quiet, not-stand-up-for-myself kind of guy.

I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.

I like my leaders smart and serious. I don't need a stand-up comic.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

The only way I'd want to do something in television would be if it was about how I think as a comedian. I'd need to be able to be a creator. That's what I enjoy - I enjoy coming up with comedy, so it'd be very difficult for me to be sitting in a room and have somebody come in and say, "Here's your script! Learn these lines!" That's not fun. At least not for me.

When I work in San Francisco doing stand-up, I usually schedule it for July, and we'll drive up the coast and camp in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Big Sur, and we'll just camp our way up the coast, and then we'll get to San Francisco and hang out there for four days.

I took a stand-up comedy class because I'd always wanted to.

A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.

I don't think I was a good comedian.

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

I will stand up for judges who faithfully follow the law as it is written.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

Getting up in front of the toughest crowds, you know, playing pubs in South Armagh - where people didn't necessarily even know what stand-up comedy was - you had to force yourself to do it. It went against every instinct in your body, but you did it anyway.

I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.

Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.

I don't think of myself as a comedian.

Stand-up is great because I can get everything off my chest.

With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle.

As Christians, it's our duty to stand up for what we believe - that's called testifying.

The edge of inappropriate is the spiritual home of the best stand-up comedy.

I want the cabinet to stand up and have a spine and a backbone and take responsibility.

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.

It's good to be funny when you are a comedian.

If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

I love writing stand-up so much and tinkering and looking for ideas.

I stand on principle where many people stand on money.

As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith.

Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up.

The funniest thing a comedian can do is not do it.

I can stand up for what I believe in. I don't take the word 'rebel' in a negative connotation.

Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.

When you're a comedian, you're just by yourself.

It was you that led me to the musical that's everything to me. You held my hands so that I can enter the world that I could only watch. When I fell, you helped me stand up. When the path was closed, you opened it up. You're that kind of person to me.

There isn't a comedian in the world that hasn't bombed.

I'm not just a pundit - I'm a comedian.

I'm not a comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.

Family values stand up to injustice and power outside the household.

You got to stand up and be a man. You can't just keep running off.

That's the nature of my [stand-up] act: black man with a white baby.

My stand-up shows don't really have a theme but do have an interactive element to them.

This is why, as a prime minister of Israel, I can promise you one more thing: Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand. But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.

I always wanted to be a comedian.

Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.

At one time I wanted to be a comedian.

I think the role of comedy in your life should supersede anything and everything negative. Just by virtue of the fact that you have to be funny, you can't afford to focus on the negative. As a comedian, your challenge is to turn negative stuff into positive energy. You should be able to hear anything that sounds bad, that people normally wouldn't laugh at, and make it feel funny to you. No one should be able to deter you, once you have your mind set on comedy. Your survival as a comedian should be as natural as breathing. I need to breathe and I consider my career my air.

Every person must stand up and be accountable, but be responsible for their actions.

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

Stand-up's hard. It's one of the hardest things in the world, and it's really lonely.

I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.

I just stand there up front and score the goals, because that's my job.

I don't want to have to be a teacher so I can be a comedian.