Brain Quote by Joshua Foer

“The common denominator of all jokes is a path of expectation that is diverted by an unexpected twist necessitating a complete reinterpretation of all…

— V.S. Ramachandran

Jokes often arise involuntarily, like dreams, and tend to be swiftly forgotten. From these similarities Freud inferred that jokes and dreams share a common…

— Jim Holt

Sex is pretty funny, let's face it. And the more seriously we take ourselves, the funnier sex gets, I think.

— Betty White

The brain process that results in a joke materializing where no joke was before remains a mystery. I'm not aware of any scholarly, scientific…

— Dick Cavett

If sex isn't a joke, what is it?

— Nella Larsen

I think things evolve into jokes. I don't generally write them down as jokes. I talk them out.

— Marc Maron

There is something about sex that always brings out the funny in me. I think it's because we make such fools of ourselves over…

— Rita Moreno

Sex is always funny. I don't find it sexy, I find it really horrifying. But it's an act that we need. And that need,…

— Elizabeth Banks

At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just…

— Bo Burnham

I mean sex can be funny for heaven's sake.

— Mark Bonnar

Ultimately, jokes are this really special thing that we can all share. It's exciting to have basically a thousand people in a room together…

— Mike Birbiglia

Humor is in fact an essential element in the mirth of creation. We can see how, in many matters in our lives, God wants…

— Pope Benedict XVI