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title: "7 Things Joke Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Things Joke quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Things Joke sayings and thoughts."
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> [People try to put ownership on things: 'That's mine, that's my joke.' No such thing. Like if you tripped or stumbled and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-chong/people-try-to-put-ownership-on-things-that-s-mine-that-s-my-joke-no/)

[Tommy Chong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-chong/)

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> [I sometimes say things for a joke, and they are picked up the wrong way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-fricker/i-sometimes-say-things-for-a-joke-and-they-are-picked-up-the-wrong-way/)

[Brenda Fricker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-fricker/)

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> [“I joke, mademoiselle," he said, "and I laugh. But there are some things that are no joke. There are things that my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-joke-mademoiselle-he-said-and-i-laugh-but-there-are-some-things/)

[Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/agatha-christie-154_habits_i-joke-mademoiselle-he-said-and-i-laugh_383664.jpg)

> [It doesn't mean you can't discuss important things, but I would never do a joke about cancer, just because I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-richardson/it-doesn-t-mean-you-can-t-discuss-important-things-but-i-would-never/)

[Jon Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-richardson/)

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> [“If we opt, over and over, to surrender our valuable energy and time to people and things that hold no real value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-luckman/if-we-opt-over-and-over-to-surrender-our-valuable-energy-and-time-to/)

[Sol Luckman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-luckman/)

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> [She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/she-loved-three-things-a-joke-a-glass-of-wine-and-a-handsome-man/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-heisenberg/there-are-things-that-are-so-serious-that-you-can-only-joke-about-them/)

[Werner Heisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-heisenberg/)

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