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Quotes About Jokes

I'm not too keen on jokes that are one-liners. I want the situation to be funny.
~ Philippe Falardeau
The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more.
~ Greg Davies
Heard it," I say. "You were supposed to stop me," he says, clearly exhausted after the telling. "How many breaths do I have left? You don't want me to waste them on twice-told jokes, do you?
~ Daniel Wallace
We were simply waiting for the last day. We were telling the old, bad jokes, biding our time until the end came.
~ Daniel Wallace
I can really stir up a conversation. Every time I go to a meeting or a casting, I try to make it as light and funny as I can. I'm always making really awkward jokes. You have to make life fun and not take it too seriously. I may look like I'm very serious and into my work, but if you knew me, I'm just a jokester.
~ Charlotte McKinney
There are three signs of old age: loss of memory ... I forget the other two.
~ Red Skelton
I think repeating yourself is a sign of old age, telling the same joke again and again. Especially if they're jokes that don't make people laugh
~ Simon Le Bon
From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.
~ Ade Edmondson
He's so old his social security number is two digits.
~ Brian Morgan
I don't think you should make so many off-colour jokes about him becoming a cuckold. You're only getting away with it because he doesn't know what it means.' 'That's the beauty of the English language. One can wrap insults inside elegance, like popping anchovies into pastry.
~ Christopher Fowler
You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.
~ Hector Elizondo
Like every comedian, if I heard a joke that I thought would work, I used it.
~ Milton Berle
What 'SNL' taught me that was useful on 'The Watch' was, only put in bad words if they can get a laugh - there was no need for swear words and beeps in places that weren't necessary. Those beeps should only be in there when they mean something and it's important to the joke.
~ Akiva Schaffer
I'm always ready for TV. I don't have to edit my jokes - when you work clean, you can work anywhere.
~ Gabriel Iglesias
Donald Trump was very receptive. Funny. Cracked some jokes. And understand it very well. And said he was in that he would work with us.
~ Jim Brown
You know, when I was a kid, I used to cry every day, like, when I was like, you know, 7 through 11 or 6 through 11, to the point where my brother and sisters would like - there was an ongoing joke where they would make me cry to keep my streak alive of crying every day.
~ Neal Brennan
I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
~ Betty White
I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line.
~ Demetri Martin
When you hire directors, you're most concerned about whether or not someone from the outside will get the jokes.
~ Adam F. Goldberg
Comedy is great because there's no overhead.
~ Ron White
From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can literally recall looking at a comic at the age of six or seven and I remember what I enjoyed and what it was precisely and how the joke worked.
~ Tom Stoppard
I don't know. I never smoked AstroTurf.
~ Tug McGraw
All right, I'll wait another two thousand years to make jokes about my evilness.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Get it? Foul. Not one of my subtler jokes, but it'll do.
~ Darren Shan