“In sign, you more often than not start a story with the punch line. It’s the telling that is important.” — Lou Ann Walker 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
When you're 89, dementia develops. I mean, I've told a story onstage, and I'm telling it with a full heart, and I… — Jerry Lewis 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 mother is very funny. She is from a village; she has a typical village kind of humour. Often she says a… — Kapil Sharma 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
“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
“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
How do you know you told a good punch line, a good joke? It's because they laugh. How do you know you've… — Katie Holmes Copy Share Image
It's nice to recall our mistakes in the past. Joke about real life, punch lines, and laugh about our dumb old selves.… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father's. My father… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
