Joke Quotes
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The concept of democracy is a fucking joke. Rock’s supposed to shake things up and say, ‘Fuck that, this is shit, man! Let’s burn down the Houses of Parliament!’
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Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.
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Rapping was a joke, but the music helped me break out of my shell.
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I never wrote a joke in my life. I just get on stage and let it flow.
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I think a lot of people misinterpret what I'm doing because they think of it as just a joke or they think of it as disposable.
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I thought I could make a sarcastic joke about it. But it's based on my own struggle with how much to give, how much it's really helping or not, and how foolish or not I feel. Giving sometimes backfires.
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If I make a joke about black people or Asian people or whatever, and then an Asian comes up to me afterwards and says, "That joke offended me," I'm still more or less not going to listen, but at least it makes sense, like I said something that was about them.
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I have been blessed to work for so many years with great musicians. That's my joke with my manager: that I'm addicted to musicians.
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I never used to be as good, you get better. I've just gotten better and quicker at figuring out the joke.
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Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle... and not just in the sense of money, by the way; the Beatles are untouchable - those billionaire reports are a joke.
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I did not survive everything. No one ever does. Little pieces of you - sometimes the best of you - get lost in a little lie here, a little joke there. And of course, the aftereffect is the tiny sob - unseen, unheard, deeply felt.
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I merely repeat the old joke. ‘It’s about respecting other people’s property. I make it my property so that I can properly respect it.
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It's natural to feel jittery around new people. But sometimes you can get over your jitters if you make a joke. So when the Swedish housekeeper brought her breakfast on a tray, Charity said something cheeky about eating Lady Margaret out of house and home. But the big red-faced woman took no notice at all. So then Charity had to look totally relaxed and unconcerned as she enjoyed her breakfast in bed, which was easy enough after the first bite. The spooky Swedish housekeeper really was a fabulous cook. And Charity believed believed in looking for the best in people.
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I had a show that people thought used a laugh track. It wasn't; it was the real audience going crazy after everything that resembled a joke, that they could technically call a joke.
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Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses. Most women dress for men and want to be admired. But they must also be able to move, to get into a car without bursting their seams! Clothes must have a natural shape.
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I did many other things before I ever got into the movies. I've been in so many businesses, it's a joke. All of them totally unsuited to me. Selling used cars. Running a club in London.
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A good joke can work in New York and Kentucky.
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Sex is God's joke on the human race ... if we didn't have sex to make us ridiculous, She would have had to think up something else instead.
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We always joke that our road crew will have to wheelchair us up onstage soon because this is what we do. This is what we love to do. This is what God put us on earth to do until the day we take our last breath.
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I think that the joke and the ghost story both have a similar set up in that you kind of set something up and pay it off with a laugh or a scare.
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My teammates know I’m down to earth. I’ll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.
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You can't just explain a joke. Either it isn't funny, or the person just totally missed the punchline.
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I don't want to be the joke of the world, and I don't want to be thought of as another Hitler swallowing up people.
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Ain't singing for Pepsi, ain't singing for Coke, I don't sing for nobody, makes me look like a joke.
