"He started hating me, cause
I couldn't laugh at his jokes. I just
started finding it impossible to
laugh at his jokes the way I used to."
?Beth Henley
A difference of tastes in jokes is
a great strain on the affections.
?George Eliot
I remain just one thing, and one thing only --
and that is a clown. It places me on a
far higher plane than any politician.
?Charlie Chaplin
A humorist tells himself every morning,
"I hope it's going to be a rough day."
When things are going well, it's much
harder to make the right jokes.
?Alan Coren
It is requisite for the relaxation of
the mind that we make use, from time
to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
?Thomas Aquinas
You throw a perfectly straight
line at the audience and then,
right at the end, you curve
it. Good jokes do that.
?Abe Burrows
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can
do more to enlighten questions of politics,
philosophy, and literature than
any number of dull arguments.
?Isaac Asimov
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your
thinking as funny as possible.
?David Ogilvy
The shortest distance between two
jokes makes a perfect speech.
?Orlando A. Battista
If you've heard this story before, don't stop
me, because I'd like to hear it again.
?Groucho Marx