Jokes Quote by George Carlin

The idea of surprise is part of what makes something funny, or what gets a reaction. At least when I'm an audience member, after…

— Charlyne Yi

Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.

— Bill Watterson

Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it,…

— George Carlin

I don't like the phrase shock value. Surprise is essential in comedy, and if people are shocked by what I consider merely surprising, then…

— George Carlin

The secret to humor is surprise.

— Aristotle

Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.

— Lorrie Moore

Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.

— Keegan-Michael Key

The essence of humour is surprise; that is why you laugh when you see a joke in Punch.

— A. P. Herbert

Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's…

— Garrison Keillor

You can analyse a joke and say it's funny because this guy thought this was going to happen, and that happened, and it's surprising.…

— John Lloyd

Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It's unbridled, it's unplanned, it's full of surprises.

— Erma Bombeck

Surprise makes a joke funny. I love it when someone tells me something I couldn't possibly have expected; you've been led along one path…

— Josie Long