Jimmy Carr Quotes

As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.

As head of the Catholic church, Pope Benedict is the boss of every Catholic priest in the world, he's effectively king of the pedos.

I immediately adored performing. It really empowers you when everyone's laughing. It gives you an immense buzz. You just feel on top of the world.

Jokes spread around the world and embed themselves in our shared culture; the most resonant of them get lodged in the language in the same way as clichés or old wives' tales do.

I think being successful in comedy is being funny and making jokes - anything beyond that is the icing on the cake.