Joan Rivers on joke
Joan Rivers97 quotes“We don’t apologize for a joke. We are comics. We are here to make you laugh. If you don’t get it, then don’t watch us.”
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You have to do more than just kill time or time will quickly kill you.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers Don’t worry about the money. Love the process.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers My daughter and I are very close, we speak every single day and I call her every day and I say the same thing, “pick up, I know you’re there.”
Joan RiversJoan Rivers My parents hated me. All I ever heard was, “Why can’t you be like your cousin Shelia? Why can’t you be like your cousin Shelia?” Shelia had died at birth.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers If you can’t make fun of yourself, you don’t have any right to make fun of others.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers Just remember: Surviving is the best revenge, no matter what the disaster has been.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers Put me up against Sarah Silverman and I could take her.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers Before we make love, my husband takes a pain killer.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers If two people want to get married, get married! The Victorians had a great saying: As long as it doesn’t scare the horses, do what you want. And I absolutely believe that.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers I’m no cook. When I want lemon on chicken, I spray it with Pledge.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers Your anger can be 49 percent and your comedy 51 percent, and you’re okay. If the anger is 51 percent, the comedy is gone.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers You know it’s time to start using mouthwash when your dentist leaves the room and sends in a canary.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers I have no boobs whatsoever. On my wedding night my husband said, ‘Let me help you with those buttons’ and I told him, ‘I’m completely naked’.
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There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene Many a truth is told in jest.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Do not mock a pain you have not endured.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald But I can tell you markets are like women, always commanding, always mysterious, always volatile, always exciting and it is not a joke.
Rakesh JhunjhunwalaRakesh Jhunjhunwala I find that when I tell lawyer jokes to a mixed audience, the lawyers don’t think they’re funny and the non-lawyers don’t think they’re jokes.
John RobertsJohn Roberts Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pay.
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