Character Quote by George Orwell

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

— George Orwell

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

— George Orwell

I had some jokes that were dirty. And some of it is when I started making appearances on Conan and Letterman back in the…

— Jim Gaffigan

When you tell filthy jokes as if they were all really serious, and happening all in the life of one family, it becomes a…

— Momus

If it's dirty, it's not funny, but if it's funny, it's not dirty.

— Buddy Hackett

If I think of a joke that's really dirty and I think it's funny I'll try it but what I've found over the years…

— Demetri Martin

Not that I don't think irreverent humor and someone being filthy is funny, I just do what I do. Any comedian would admit throwing…

— Jim Gaffigan

Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it…

— Betty White

When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I hope if I'm going to do a dirty joke, it's at least clever and not cheap.

— Taylor Tomlinson

“Practical jokes are a demonstration that the distinction between seriousness and play is not a law of nature but a social convention which can…

— W.H. Auden

I think a joke is a form of truth-telling. A good joke that's absurd contains elements of our daily darkness and also a possibility…

— Colson Whitehead