Being hurt Quote by Sabelo Lan Mashabela

Jokes are one of the things that bind the culture. If you can't have jokes about everybody in society and if one group is…

— Mark Steyn

There are practical things which contribute to a joke's funniness. People will find a joke funnier if they are sitting closer together, if it's…

— Ben Miller

Comedy, surprisingly for a form that intends to bring joy and joviality, is always upsetting people. Jokes rely on broad strokes, stereotypes, caricatures, exaggerations…

— Sara Pascoe

Most jokes are based on surprise. They take advantage of a confusion of language, or a twist in logic, or a contradiction of some…

— Richard Herring

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

— Marc Maron

It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it…

— Diana Wynne Jones

If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their…

— Anne Beatts

Jokes are so personal, and they bring us together in so many ways.

— Mike Birbiglia

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

I'm sure there are comedians who make jokes about me, but say something funny, not mean.

— Michael McIntyre

jokes are ideally pleasurable. They are an act of assassination without a corpse, a moment of total annihilation that paradoxically makes anything possible.

— Penelope Gilliatt

So many people have no sense of humor, whatsoever! Everyone knows that it is my job to tell the jokes, that's what I do...so…

— Kathy Griffin