Find Quote by Alexandra Petri Download Open image “It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'” — Alexandra Petri ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Find Joke Ridiculous Something Think
When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“No one has ever honestly said, “I hate that this joke exists, even though it’s clearly hilarious.” It” — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
You don't have to think really hard to get the joke. I think humor in general appeals to all people. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
People write a lot of similar material. That's why I try to come up with the most absurd jokes. — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
“Don’t be ridiculous.” Only one of the most condescending phrases in the English language…and” — Christine Pope Copy Share Image
It is always easy in life to make a joke on the serious thoughts than take on joke seriously in its thoughts to make… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves that we've got sitcoms with canned laughter that lets you know when to… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
people who understand grammar always have a keen sense of the ridiculous. — Mary Jane Holmes Copy Share Image
Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were in coffee shops instead… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
You can be brilliant in some ways and despicable in others. You can be a clean, upright, moral individual in your private life who… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Success is like food caught in your teeth: much more noticeable when it happens to other people. If it happens to you, other people… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote for 'On… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan manner. Incrementally, day by day, we should reach… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Although no one explicitly wants a president who could have a reliable fall back career in stand-up comedy, everyone shudders at the thought of… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
George Washington didn't have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid chopping down more cherry trees than he could… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
At Harvard, people like to impart the idea that you are a mover and shaker. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
The desire for attention has become a primal need along the lines of food, water, and clothing. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
It's those moments, those odd moments that you look for and sometimes by creating this kind of loose atmosphere you find those little moments… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
I ask for tips, for advice. What I have also learnt is that I need to do things that are good for me. In… — Matthijs de Ligt Copy Share Image
Consumers can choose organic cotton grown without pesticides, but it uses more water and requires more land than conventional crops. Organic cotton can also… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
You will find that the more successful the individual, the less inclined he is to make excuses. — David Joseph Schwartz Copy Share Image
There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers. — Deborah Norville Copy Share Image
They will find somebody younger, somebody funnier, somebody more engaged. As long as the court genre is viable, people are going to be looking… — Judy Sheindlin Copy Share Image
I think I need the demons in order to write, but the demons have gone. It bothers me a lot. I've tried and tried,… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm very fond of classical music, especially Mozart. I find it relaxes me and helps me concentrate. — Guler Sabanci Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
Reading counts as partying, even if you're not enjoying it! Even if someone's forcing you to read, you can find a way to make… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
George Roy Hill, Redford, and I have been looking for a script to do together for 13 years. We haven't been able to find… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
People from all walks of life that you might find as a King Diamond fan - you don't look a certain way; you don't… — King Diamond Copy Share Image
