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Joke Quotes

What comedians say about making people laugh.

Several quotes here come from people who make a living off timing, including one who admits to softening blunt criticism by wrapping it in humor first, describing it like a cut followed by a few stitches. Another describes the frustrating double standard where the exact same line lands only when a man delivers it.

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It ain't no joke when you lose your vinyl.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

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My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.

Quotes by Adora Svitak

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Basically, we used to have a rule at 'Saturday Night Live' that you're not allowed to bring up 'The Simpsons' at the rewrite table, because 'The Simpsons' has done every joke there is. Every week there would be guys going,...

Quotes by Adam McKay

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My first joke was about a company called Five Star Parking that was all over Philadelphia: 'Who's reviewing parking lots?'

Quotes by Adam McKay

Emotion Quotes

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ICG became a dot-com joke, a one-stock example of extreme hubris on the part of its management and the investment bankers and sell-side analysts who embarrassed themselves by pumping it up.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

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The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors.

Quotes by Ada Yonath

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I joke, but only half joke, that if you show up in an American hospital missing a finger, no one will believe you until they get a CAT scan, MRI and orthopedic consult.

Quotes by Abraham Verghese

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It's almost a joke how good I am at charades. Not to pat my own back, but I'm literally - I'm kind of unstoppable.

Quotes by Wilson Bethel

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When someone says, 'I recognize you,' I'll say, 'Congratulations on having a TV.' It's a little joke.

Quotes by Willam Belli

Humor Quotes

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I am a ham, I like to joke around.

Quotes by Weyes Blood

One quote is almost a shrug, from someone who says they rarely understand what people find funny about their own material even as others laugh along. For more on comic timing and mood, see our humor quotes and laughter quotes pages.