Comedy Quote by Charles Churchill

People try to put ownership on things: 'That's mine, that's my joke.' No such thing. Like if you tripped or stumbled and people go,…

— Tommy Chong

Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, Who understands the time and place, The person, manner, and…

— Charles Churchill

When you haven't got a job, a joke is about the only thing that's free.

— Simon Beaufoy

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible…

— Max Eastman

That's the Irish all over -- they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke.

— Sean O'Casey

It was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I wrote a…

— Dave Grohl

When I was a kid and getting paid to stand in front of a camera. I used to spend a lot of my time…

— Sterling Hayden

A joke is a very serious thing.

— Winston Churchill

I am an artist who's just tryin' to do something different, and basically not caring about everybody's opinions and wanting to follow what everybody…

— Tyga

When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff…

— Matthew Perry

“A joke is a question of mind over manner.”

— Anthony Marais

The joke is the purest, most essential form of storytelling. Every word has to count.

— Paul Auster