It's hard to be a national punch line unless lots of voters have soured on you. — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
I'm not much for setup... punch line. I talk about my kids. I talk about my wife. — Al Madrigal Copy Share Image
Professionals don't get writer's block. I can always come up with the punch line. — Mort Walker Copy Share Image
On stage you look much larger than you are. You can have subtle changes of timing; how you place a punch line… — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
Shame about how we’re gonna die here, though. I mean, seriously. An Arab and a half-Jew enter a store in Tennessee. It’s… — John Green Copy Share Image
The Punch Line is one of the best clubs in the world. It's an intimidating place if you're a younger comic, but… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
“The situation was so ridiculously bad it could have been the punch line of a joke, and if I hadn’t been the… — Rachel Bach Copy Share Image
I'm so leveled, bro. I gotta let 'em know, shades on like a CSI episode. Throw in a punch line and watch… — D Pryde Copy Share Image
I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
[Dennis] Etchison would write stories that were just punch lines at the end. You wouldn't realize something horrific was happening until the… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
If you have to do something, write me a funny AIDS play. Sure you can. It's the biggest joke played on us… — Robert Patrick Copy Share Image
A witch, a vampire, and a pixy walk into a bar, I thought as I led the way into the Squirrel’s End.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound… — Buddy Hackett Copy Share Image
“Men lying to get women into bed has kept the human race going for centuries!” he crowed, delighted that I hadn’t seen… — Claudia Rowe Copy Share Image
I can be really silly when I'm not actually writing silliness, and I have to rein that in. Pynchon, in my opinion,… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
“A wink and a smirk walk into a bar, and the bartender asked them what they were drinking, when all of the… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I've always felt that there's a lot of similarity between doing a comedy and doing a scary movie because jokes and scares… — Paul W. S. Anderson 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
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
“FRECK: (Casually) I bought a methedrine plant today. BARRIS: (With a snotty expression on his face) Methedrine is a benny, like speed;… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“One story was about a deaf man who was driving in the country, when safety bars were lowered across the road at… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“What if there were no punch lines? What if there were no indicators? What if I created tension and never released it?… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“The true-life stories sound like jokes with the same punch line: Why did the man almost walk into a bear? Why did… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I'm Ukrainian, actually. And I'm making my signature dish," he said slowly, meeting Ibáñez's stare. "More shocking than Rocky Mountain oysters." He… — Daria Lavelle Copy Share Image
As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the United States will remain a social and… — Anthony Beal Copy Share Image
“Imagine that someone came up with a brilliant new campaign against smoking. It would show graphic images of people dying of lung… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
“I had a dream about you. You were crying, and I couldn’t tell if it was because you were sad or because… — Dora J. Arod Copy Share Image
“There are jokes about breast surgeons. You know-- something like-- I've seen more breasts in this city than-- I don't know the… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
“Dear Daniel, How do you break up with your boyfriend in a way that tells him, "I don't want to sleep with… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“near-deserted parking lot, both buildings looking freshly painted and hopeful for a marina in which there were no yachts. The biggest boat… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“Hip-hop has always been controversial, and for good reason. When you watch a children's show and they've got a muppet rapping about… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Too many comics today ramble. By the time they get to the punch line, the audience has either gone to sleep, gone… — Phyllis Diller 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
GIFs work because the punch line is instantaneous. It's entirely different from almost any other form of content on the Internet, which… — Alan Schaaf 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
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
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