I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
I've spent my fortune, tarnished my public view and made myself the brunt of punch line after punch line. — Mindy McCready Copy Share Image
Dangling punch lines to forgotten stories remain in the language like the smile of the Cheshire cat. — William Safire Copy Share Image
“I didn’t hear what was said, but I laughed, because I was too embarrassed to embarrass him by breaking up his punch… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
My notion of a great novel is something like a five-hundred-page shaggy-dog story, with only the punch line omitted. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I had a couple of years in the mid-2000s where it was really confusing to me. I was like, 'Why is our… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I like to smoke a pipe, because it's the punch line indicator. Whenever I take a hit of the pipe, you should… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
“But I actually did change Mary-Kate’s and Ashley’s diapers once. And that was four years ago. Ashley came up with the punch… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
I was right in the middle of a story and leading to a punch line and then I just heard 'John John'… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like… — Martha Plimpton Copy Share Image
Maybe I was what Leah thought she was. Some kind of dead end that shouldn’t be passed on to another generation. Or… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
In general, the straight line of a joke sets up a premise, an expectation. Then the funny ending - the punch line… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
As far as outlining is concerned, I don't outline humor. I might right down a word or two to remind myself of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I'm a punch line professional, far from conventional, Always make a point like what comes right before a decimal, I never ate… — Chris Webby Copy Share Image
It was all very strange, Mr. Gray thought, as he wiped the coffee canister clean with a sponge. Very, very mysterious. You… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Typically, when you're with your friends, premises are coming up left and right. But when you're on stage, you must create the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
When I first started rapping, when I switched my style to more like a punch line style - this is when I'm… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Ew. Someone put the dog out, "Rosalie murmured wrinkling her nose. Have you herd this one, Psycho? how do a blond's brain… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“I went to the doctor," said the woman next to Ethel. "I said to him, 'I've got an itchy twat.'" [...] She… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
Before I was a Discordian, I took life much too seriously. When you take life too seriously you start to wonder what… — Kerry Thornley Copy Share Image
“In 2014, when he first seriously began to consider running for president, Melania was one of the few who thought it was… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“We stare at each other pop-eyed over the burlap sack and laugh as if we're afraid to stop. Somebody needs to say… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
There are no subtleties in a war zone. I think that's why comedy does so well there. It goes right for the… — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
“A cute girl, a pissed off Were-spider, and an occult boulnty hunter carrying a small arsenal walt into a bar... I bet… — James R. Tuck Copy Share Image
When I'm writing columns, it's - all I'm thinking about is jokes, joke, joke, joke, setup, punch line, joke, joke, joke. And… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“When a Dragon, an Elf, and a Human walk into a bar, the Human is always going to be the punch line.” — Bryan Fields Copy Share Image
I don't really like actors. Actors are like terrible comedians with no punch lines. It's all about them. They talk about themselves… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
“We keep giggling, happy and nervous, tickled by an incomplete innocence. We both sense that some dark joke is being played on… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Punch line queen no boxer though. Might pull up in a Porsche no Boxter though. Tell a hater; Yo, dont you got… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
Punch line queen no boxer though. Might pull up in a Porsche no Boxter though. Tell a hater; Yo, dont you got… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It’s for this reason that consumers are more likely to pay attention to a commercial with a silent segment. It’s also why… — Bill McGowan Copy Share Image
Whenever I stumble over my own feet, or blurt out a thought that makes no sense at all, or leave the house… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
Micro humor is a joke that's contained in the writing: it's a punch line, it's a turn of phrase, it's something that… — Susanna Fogel Copy Share Image
I don't want to make compromises. I want my little silly jokes to be told with the correct punch line, and I'm… — Grant Hart Copy Share Image
It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
It's lunch time, better yet it's crunch time. Pick up the blow put up your flow, and all your punch lines. Grab… — Killa Kyleon Copy Share Image
“There's only one of him, she thought, and he's right here. He knows I'll like a song before I've heard it. He… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“Presidents, even when they get some things right, never cease to be punch lines, and it was telling that Nixon regarded his… — Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy Copy Share Image
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