40 Quotes About Joking
- Author Marcel Proust
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The things about which we most often jest are generally, on the contrary, the things that worry us but that we do not wish to appear to be worried by, with perhaps a secret hope of the further advantage that the person to whom we are talking, hearing us treat the matter as a joke, will conclude that it is not true.
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- Author G.A. Aiken
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You off then, Da?” she asked.“Aye. Too old for all this killing.” And to prove that, her father turned and brought his axe down on the head of a traitor that had gotten too close. Spun once more and cut off the legs of another.He faced them again. “Need to get back to my rocking chair and some hot tea.”“Clearly.
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- Author Eileen Cook
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I'm joking," She said to the group. Ah, the joking defense. The tried and true excuse for bullies everywhere.
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- Author Shannon L. Alder
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When you’re given the gift of truth, you spend a lot of time trying to tone it down because it is already offensive enough.
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- Author Katie McGarry
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“How many girls do you kiss against cars?” asked Echo in a clipped manner.My mouth gaped, but no sound came out. Rico and his two cousins cackled at my expression. I snapped it shut when Echo winked. Damn, I loved it when she dished it back.
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- Author Patrick Rothfuss
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Auri," I asked slowly, "are you joking with me?"She looked up and grinned. "Yes I am," she said proudly. "Isn't it wonderful?
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- Author Cassandra Clare
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It's so hard to be sassy to the Fair Folk. You people never get jokes
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- Author G.A. Aiken
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You certainly are Lord Know-It-All this evening, aren’t you?”“Only when necessary. Otherwise I try not to let my brilliance overshadow my giving and loving nature.
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- Author Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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You can find something funny in anything! I'm sick as a dog and falling to bits, but I'll give up joking only after I give up the ghost! my last gasp! The proof, here, with only an eighth of a glimmer of light, things oozing out of my asshole, my armpits, and the elbows, too, blood coming out of the eyes, from the soupy mess of my grave, me whistling a tune, that's what you'll hear! A regular blackbird!
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