Jokes Quote by Bill Burr

It's interesting to have the awkward moments play out, and the real human interactions. The more you cut that down, you lose the joke,…

— Nicholas Stoller

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.

— Janet Evanovich

A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling…

— Michael Showalter

If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes you can't.

— Jack Whitehall

Part of my writing style can be attributed to my mother's impatience with comedy, because whenever I told her a story she would say,…

— Patricia Marx

I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't…

— Walton Goggins

At some point, you realize that people might be laughing at your jokes because they're afraid not to laugh.

— Tina Fey

You get used to such micro-aggressions, those sneaky remarks. Especially in comedy: when the mood is meant to be light you can get accused…

— Rose Matafeo

I don't really tell a joke, I react to situations. The whole thing is just looking at somebody and showing all our weaknesses and…

— Don Rickles

I've never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian, but I…

— Don Rickles

There's always that little bit of tension that happens when you make a joke, especially when there's a language barrier.

— Desi Lydic

If people get their feelings hurt from jokes, then they are too delicate to be in society.

— Ralphie May