Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
“I once visited a place where they killed people by putting them in a chair. Not torture — that was common enough;… — Iain M. Banks 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
My grandpa was an amateur stand-up comic when I was growing up. ... He'd have me come up onstage with him to… — Rachel Bloom Copy Share Image
“What did the fish say when it hit a concrete wall?" he asks me. We're sitting on the bank of a stream… — Cynthia Hand 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
“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
Saying gay people shouldn't be the punchline is basically saying don't make people the punch line, which I think is ridiculous. The… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
“Is that a no?" I said. "No. I mean.." He struggled for the smile again. "I'm just waiting for the punch line.… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
“If a faerie, a vampire, and a demon walk into a bar, you wait for the punch line. At Private Eye, when… — E.J. Stevens Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a well-placed sound effect can be more poignant than a boxing glove-sized punch line.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Dude, estoy aqui por loco, no por pendejo," which was the punch line to the funniest Spanish joke I knew. Okay, the… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
“There was a dragon who had a long-standing obsession with a queen's breasts," she said, growing breathless. "The dragon knew the penalty… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
One must remember that in the '70s, Democrats still grasping for Camelot were desperately pinning their hopes on Teddy while Republicans were… — Chuck Todd 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
“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
“It does not matter. The joke is we all have the same punch line.” — Chuck Palahniuk 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 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
When I'm directing actors, I often find myself slipping in sports metaphors, like: 'Don't go for the punch line here, just put… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself. — Franklyn Ajaye 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
“In the end, perhaps we should simply imagine joke; a long joke that's being continually retold in an accent too thick and… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing funny about war. Well, aside from this joke Orafoura told me: What did WWI say to WWII? I wish I… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
