Life is too serious to do farce comedy.

Quote by Buster Keaton

Topics: Comedy Quotes

From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, we were the roughest knockabout...

From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, we were the roughest knockabout...

Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can...

Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can...

Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will...

They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will...

No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.

No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.

Well, I'd say that the minute sound came in, it was everybody talking their heads...

Well, I'd say that the minute sound came in, it was everybody talking their heads...

I'm so sorry I fell down.

I'm so sorry I fell down.

I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures...

I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures...

Somebody come here and look at this...look at this...God damn cat drinking milk out the...

Somebody come here and look at this...look at this...God damn cat drinking milk out the...

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh. It is there in the...

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh. It is there in the...

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

Going to the bathroom is not a spectator sport.

Going to the bathroom is not a spectator sport.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.

We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.

I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but...

I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.