Quote by Jonathan Safran Foer

“He'd never been one for jokes, but of course he'd pick now to get a sense of humor.”

— Kiersten White

“How do jokes work? The beginning of each good one challenges you to think.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Did you ever meet someone who either had no sense of humor or was never serious, you couldn't tell which?”

— Jerry Stahl

“I thought maybe she was trying to be funny but then realized this was impossible to do without a sense of humor.”

— Chelsea Handler

“The best jokes are often only understood by one other person.”

— Barry Humphries

“If you try a joke a second time and nobody laughs, don’t tell a different joke—tell different people.”

— Jarod Kintz

“The men who made the joke saw something deep which they could not express except by something silly and emphatic.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“That was *not* a joke, she said in mock disapproval. So you have no business to laugh. It is very sad when people don't…

— D.E. Stevenson

“ If you have to explain a joke, it hasn't worked.”

— Susanna Flister

“I am a joke told again.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Things stop being funny if you have to explain them to people, especially if they need excellent attention spans.”

— Santosh Kalwar

“You must learn to take a joke, Francie, otherwise life will be pretty hard on you.”

— Betty Smith