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Quotes About Joking

CIVILIZATION. A concerted effort to remedy the blunders and check the practical joking of God.
~ H. L. Mencken
Whenever I passed by a Chinese restaurant in a car, I'd joke to my friends, 'Oh yeah, my uncle owns that place.'
~ Jenny Zhang
I joke a lot and I don't think the UFC understands my joking.
~ Fabricio Werdum
I love action movies, and I love comedy, and I love writing comedy, but the genre of action-comedy - or, at least, as it currently usually is - is just not something that I feel that compelled by, generally, because I find the action to be silly, or it's too slapstick, or the stakes feel low because people are joking in the middle of it.
~ Susanna Fogel
because I plan to marry you for your money. It's the nosy
~ Nora Roberts
We have to get Bugles," I tell her [...] "Oh, definitely Bugles," she says. "I'm going to get the sour cream and onion kind." She drops them into the basket she's holding. "Good idea," I say, happy to be joking around, "And while we're at it, why don't we get some dip for them?" "Better yet," Ava says. "Let's skip the Blugles and just eat dip." We both collapse into giggles.
~ Lauren Barnholdt
Stephen picks up on Armstrong's pier, and calls Kingstown pier a disappointed bridge (2.22). He's joking about the fact that Ireland wanted to be connected to continental Europe but ended up being extremely isolated.
~ James Joyce
what's the best way to catch a fish?" Angel asked again. Oh. "I don't know?" I said warily. "Have someone throw it to you!" Angel laughed, I groaned, and, next to me, Total chuckled.
~ James Patterson
I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences.
~ Bill Cosby
There is no bad time to laugh. I always joke, even five minutes before a game. It's not bad to stay a little immature.
~ Kylian Mbappe
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
~ Arthur Miller
I steal, Winkle said, with a smile that said I'm joking and a glint in his eye that said I'm not.
~ Orson Scott Card
It also makes you fart," said John Paul. "Constantly." "Frequently would be the more accurate term," said Peter. "And it's sweet of you to care." "We're just looking out for your image," said Theresa. "I only fart when I'm alone." "Since he does it in front of us," said John Paul to Theresa, "what exactly does that make us?
~ Orson Scott Card
Toothless crossed his eyes and made a gulping noise with his throat as if he was swallowing ... AAAAAAARGH! screamed Hiccup. Toothless spat Ziggerastica onto the floor. Only j-j-joking, he said.
~ Cressida Cowell
They only half-jokingly speculated about whether they were the last two single people from their high school class
~ Curtis Sittenfeld
Arigatou very much" he said. They often mixed up words in different languages as a joke. Book 3, p392
~ Lee Min-jin
You're joking, sir.' 'I never joke, Chico. The truth is quite adequately hilarious.
~ Len Deighton
If we do not laugh, we will cry. Crying will only make us hotter and sweatier. We Jews like to joke about death because what you laugh at and make familiar can no longer frighten you. Besides, Chayaleh, what else is there to do?
~ Jane Yolen
People talk, 'Oh your father's a misogynist, look what he said about women,' like, on 'Howard Stern.' When he gets with Howard Stern, who's a friend of his, he'll joke around, because it's a comedy show. He's allowed to have a personality.
~ Donald Trump, Jr.
When you know someone you can make a little more fun of them without them getting offended.
~ Jimmy Kimmel
People tell me ridiculous things and then say they're joking. Like, at the Dubai immigration, the officer told me that I've been banned from Dubai. I almost started crying which is when he said that he was joking!
~ Chunky Pandey
I was in a hotel with my dad, and I was just joking around and said, 'Oh yeah, Daddy, I want to model.' I don't know - the camera is just fun.
~ Selah Louise Marley
I remember Nigel Martyn joking with me at Leeds, saying he was old enough to be my father, which he certainly was.
~ James Milner
I never worked for anything that little in my life; you got to be joking, excuse me again; I got to belch my witch; she's done eating by now.
~ William Goldman