Consideration Quote by Joseph Brodsky

You make jokes because you're afraid to take anything seriously, because if you take things seriously, they matter.

— Anonymous

That's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously because I think our opposition, whoever they may be in all their manifest…

— John Lennon

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

— Henry Cate VII

There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them.

— Werner Heisenberg

Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.

— Niels Bohr

When humor is meant to be taken seriously, it's no joke.

— Lionel Strachey

You have to keep a sense of humor about yourself, more than anything else. You've got to take the issues very seriously, but you…

— Robert Reich

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.

— Will Rogers

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

— Will Rogers

This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

— Art Buchwald

Whenever you're talking about using humor in politics or in a policy speech or in a serious moment, you're talking about using it as…

— Jon Lovett

I'm offended by political jokes. Too often they get elected.

— Henny Youngman