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A joke is a very serious thing
A joke is a very serious thing
A civil servant doesn't make jokes.
A civil servant doesn't make jokes.
If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again.
If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again.
You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes read more
You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any read more
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, read more
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.
The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech.
The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech.
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already read more
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
