Quotes with joke-teller

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  • Aristotle The gods too are fond of a joke.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Thomas à Kempis The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Bruce Dickinson The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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  • Candace Bushnell The joke that I make is that there are instances on the TV series that happen to me, - except on Sex and the City they always make it better or worse than real life and I am actually saying that in a joking way.
    Candace Bushnell
    American author and journalist (1958 - )
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  • Bob Saget The nature of comedy is 'just do it.' But I think what's interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it's just saying what's wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it.
    Bob Saget
    American stand-up comedian, actor, television host and director (1956 - 2022)
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  • Bill Burr The only time I get sick of making people laugh is when I'm in a non-writing-joke mode, and I just can't seem to come up with anything new that's funny. That's a tough place to be as a comedian.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Brendan Myers The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god.
    Brendan Myers
    Canadian philosopher and author (1974 - )
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  • T. S. Eliot The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Edward Teller The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.
    Edward Teller
    American physicist (1908 - 2003)
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  • Charles Lamb The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Heisenberg There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them.
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable.
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Robert Browning Truth never hurts the teller.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Martha Gellhorn Unless they are immediate victims, the majority of mankind behaves as if war was an act of God which could not be prevented; or they behave as if war elsewhere was none of their business. It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.
    Martha Gellhorn
    American novelist, travel writer, and journalist (1908 - 1998)
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  • Bobby Farrelly We feel that what's too far is when you make a joke and somebody gets hurt.
    Bobby Farrelly
    American film director, screenwriter and producer (1958 - )
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  • Brian P. Cleary When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it's the punch line to a joke.
    Brian P. Cleary
    American humorist and poet (1959 - )
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  • Bitsie Tulloch When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a civil engineer. No joke. I would come home from school and build bridges out of toothpicks and see how much weight they would hold before falling.
    Bitsie Tulloch
    American actress
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  • Bill Parcells When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Edward Teller When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.
    Edward Teller
    American physicist (1908 - 2003)
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  • Bill Bryson When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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