About Quote by Lennon Parham

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

— Max Eastman

You can either just have fun with the joke or you can have fun with the joke and think about the implication of it.…

— Reggie Watts

If we live inside a bad joke, it is up to us to learn, at best and worst, to tell it well.

— Jonathan Raban

You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business of laughter…

— Marlon Wayans

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.

— Clifton Fadiman

Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're not funny now?' And I just wanted…

— Mike Birbiglia

I think repeating yourself is a sign of old age, telling the same joke again and again. Especially if they're jokes that don't make…

— Simon Le Bon

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

— Marc Maron

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

— Kurt Vonnegut

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

— Jarod Kintz

“One more optional piece of advice: If you ever have to give a speech, start with a joke, if you know one.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

Essentially a joke is creating an idea, whether sonic or visual, whether it's something musical or a traditional joke.

— Reggie Watts