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Joke Quotes (page 22)

Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The men who made the joke saw something deep which they could..."
The men who made the joke saw something deep which they could not express except by something silly and emphatic. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gore Vidal quote: "What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway..."
What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke? Gore Vidal
During the night two porpoises came around the boat and he could hear them rolling and blowing. He could tell the difference between the blowing noise the male made and the sighing blow of the female.'They are good,' he said. 'They play and make jokes and love one another. They are our brothers like the flying fish. Ernest Hemingway
The power of women! I've never felt so full of mysterious power. Men are a joke. We're so weak physically, so helpless with things. Still, even today. But we're stronger than they are. We can stand their cruelty. They can't stand ours. John Fowles
Carrie Fisher quote: "Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line."
Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line. Carrie Fisher
Everything we do means something, Ender realized. Them laughing. Me not laughing. He toyed with the idea of trying to be like the other boys. But he couldn’t think of any jokes, and none of theirs seemed funny. Wherever their laughter came from, Ender couldn’t find such a place in himself. Orson Scott Card
Is this some kind of joke?"That's for me to know and you to find out."Maybe you think it's funny to put up signs about people who want to commit suicide."Are you about to?"And what if I was?"I wouldn't tell you the gorgeous reasons I have discovered for going on living."What would you do?"I'd ask you to name the rock-bottom price you'd charge to go on living for just one more week. Kurt Vonnegut
Now, I'm no scientist, but I know what endorphins are. They're tiny little magical elves that swim through your blood stream and tell funny jokes to each other. When they reach your brain, you hear what they're saying and that boosts your health and happiness. "Knock Knock... Who's There?.. Little endorphin... Little endorphin who?... Little Endorphin Annie." And then the endorphins laugh and then you laugh. See? Its Science. Ellen DeGeneres
Mitch Albom quote: "when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke..."
when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth. Mitch Albom
Mark Twain quote: "One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like..."
One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke. Mark Twain
It sounds like a horse,' Alice thought to herself. And an extremely small voice, close to her ear, said, 'You might make a joke on that—something about "horse" and "hoarse," you know. Lewis Carroll
In the most basic terms it was about how when we experience art without critical awareness we consent to the ideas being promoted, either intentionally or unintentionally, by the filmmaker. For instance, if you watch a racist comedian and laugh at his jokes, you are consenting to the prejudices inherent within them. Similarly, if you watch a movie which perpetuates conventional ideas about race, gender, etc., you are consenting to them and not affecting change in any way. Simon Pegg
He knows no physics or engineering to make the world real to him… no paintings to show him how others have enjoyed it… no music except television jingles… no history except tales from a desperate mother… no friends to give him a joke or make him know himself more moderately. He’s a modern citizen for whom society doesn’t exist. Peter Shaffer
Roberto Bolano quote: "posterity was a vaudeville joke audible only to those with..."
...posterity was a vaudeville joke audible only to those with front-row seats... Roberto Bolano
Ann Coulter quote: "I am the illegal alien of commentary. I will do the jokes that..."
I am the illegal alien of commentary. I will do the jokes that no one else will do. Ann Coulter

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