Quotes About Joke

I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.

But he talked like the kisses were sort of a joke, merely something fun to do so as not to waste the beauty of the evening and the drama of the landscape. pg. 91

He was more skilled than they were in the principles of human existence, but he was not so indecently familiar with the examples. A sordid village scandal—such as Stephen described as a huge joke—sprang from certain defects in human nature, with which he was theoretically acquainted. But the example!

You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue -- agree with him.

A pun is a short quip followed by a long groan.

It was a joke!' There was an extraordinary malevolence in the four words, as if Grunshaw was deliberately overlooking something that was painfully obvious to everyone else. 'I poured maybe two, three inches

What struck me more than anything was the malice that ran through the review, the sense that she had enjoyed thinking up her little bons mots and spitting them in my direction. That joke about the stool, for example. Did she really have to do that?

Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.

I like the rhythm of comedy in dramas, if that makes sense. In other words, I don't want to write setup, punch, setup, punch, where the joke dictates the scene; I want to find comedy in which the drama is actually driving the moment in the scene.

I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.

Comedy, in my opinion, is best when it's in the gray, and you're kind of pushing people's thoughts that they sort of had but never vocalized. And I think a joke is not good if someone says something, and immediately people are clapping because they're like, 'Yes! That is how I feel as well!'

A boring speech can be just a boring speech. But a speech with a joke that falls flat is awful. I hate it. That's why I think it's easier to hate a comedy. If a drama doesn't land, it's boring; if a joke doesn't land - you hate that.

The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.

she takes me so seriously, much too seriously, and then thinks about her queer little sister for a long time afterwards, looks searchingly at me, at every word I say, and keeps on thinking: 'Is this just a joke or does she really mean it?

Fish Hook? Why?" Biff asked, neatly falling into Chet's trap. "Because it's at the end of the line." Chet guffawed and slapped Biff on the back. Biff groaned. "You really hooked me on that one, pal." "Okay," said Joe. "Let's cut the comedy and see if we can park here.

Whenever we're on the red carpet, we look like competition winners. It's a joke.

I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an audience. At 'SNL,' only the best stuff gets picked, and it's taught me a very defined language of comedy. You learn the structure of a joke, which is not something I was very good at beforehand.

Quién nos iba a decir que la clase de bienestar serviría para algo… —bromeó. —¡Chis! estoy intentando besarte —protesté.

My doctor's a very strange man. I said to him, "Doc, what's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?" He told me, "The taste.

The day my wife and I got married—that was a beauty. I gave her the ring and she gave me the finger.

Why do lawyers never get bitten by snakes?" "I give up. Why do lawyers never get bitten by snakes?" "Professional courtesy.

Make a plural hey while the singular sun is up there. Not just the hey, but the best hey. Excellence should be your priority!

Women are the strength of the male nervous system. Time you took your nerves in hand Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Still, just my little joke.

Boy germs. Actually, no. That's just a joke. (Shocking fact #2: Not only are boy germs completely harmless, they have been scientifically proven—by me and my best friend, Danny—to be GOOD for you.)