Joke Quotes

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

If life a joke then I’m waiting for the punch. You all about the beef but me, I’m bout the bun.

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.

The brain process that results in a joke materializing where no joke was before remains a mystery. I’m not aware of any scholarly, scientific or neurological studies on the subject.

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe’s singing until somebody told me that it wasn’t a joke.

There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.

I laughed. Partly at the joke, partly at how Afghan humor never changed. Wars were waged, the Internet was invented, and a robot had rolled on the surface of Mars, and in Afghanistan we were still telling Mullah Nasruddin jokes.

A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.

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.

Are disappointing patterns just patterns only? Or are they a mockery of your stupidity?