437 Quotes About Jokes

Second star to the right-""-and straight on till morning? Yeah, I've heard that one before. Lit of the Ancient Homeworlds 101....

People like Jim [a defender of punch-down rape jokes] desperately want to believe that the engines of injustice run on outsized hate—stranger rapes in dark alleys, burning crosses and white hoods—but the reality is that indifference, bureaucracy, and closed-door snickers are far more plentiful fuels.

It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views that speech.

Jeez,’ another boy calls, ‘it was a compliment.’‘Compliments are like jokes,’ Cat says drily. ‘If you have to explain what they are, they haven’t worked.

Laughter is the only medicine in the world that can’t be purchased at the pharmacy.

We joke about things we're most anxious about to diffuse the anxiety of the actual threat.

Jokes have been ruined by people who aren't good at telling jokes. A joke should never end with 'I'm joking.

I imagine bugs and girls have adim perception of the cruel trick nature played on them, but lack the intelligence to comprehend the magnitude of it.

We are told that man is the smartest of the animals, and of course it's true. But what's the competition? A buffalo? A turkey? A big slippery tuna? C'mon, that's what you're proud of? Wow?