- Nov 07, 2020
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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- Nov 07, 2020
Telling a joke is risk taking. Younger people are more insecure and not willing to put themselves on the line, so a quick one-liner is much safer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
- Nov 07, 2020
You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We made the joke when we screened 'Bucket List' that there was 100% desire to see amongst our demographic with a 40% ability to get them to see it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the rhythm of comedy in dramas, if that makes sense. In other words, I don't want to write setup, punch, setup, punch, where the joke dictates the scene; I want to find comedy in which the drama is actually driving the moment in the scene.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get so happy when I write a joke. It's a very satisfying, liberating feeling.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke - Go and have a look in my bedroom, It's covered with Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have a new joke today. Martha Stewart's on suicide watch. They had to unplug all of her ovens.
- Nov 07, 2020
People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two tours: the tour for the album that does well, or the tour for the album that stiffs.
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- Nov 07, 2020