Words matter. These are the best Joking Quotes from famous people such as Ellen G. White, Emma Stone, Michael Showalter, Carrie Brownstein, Jordan Clarkson, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Lightness, jesting, and joking, can only be indulged at the expense of barrenness of soul, and the loss of the favor of God.
Often, joking for me is a way of diffusing the awkwardness of a situation, so it’s kind of exhilarating to be a part of projects where there’s nothing funny or lighthearted.
Love is such a confusing word. You think I’m joking but I’m not.
Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in a rock band. I was dreaming of like corporate lunches and just like, and I’m not really joking. Like the whole idea to me was really appealing.
We always laughing and joking, playing around, but, you know, when it’s time to go to work, we go to work.
Any given Sunday you’ll catch me rapping and joking.
I did a film in Nairobi, Kenya called ‘The Last Elephant,’ with John Lithgow, Isabella Rosallini, and James Earl Jones. So I was in seventh heaven, alright? About a year later I get a call from my agent and he says they want to see you for this project called Candyman. I thought he was joking so I hung up.
A lot of what I think is funny is usually through some sort of character, or speaking earnestly one second and then saying something obviously joking.
A film set is very casual. If there is a senior actor, by the end of it, you end up joking with him.
I’m not joking around when I’ve said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.
I was in a hotel with my dad, and I was just joking around and said, ‘Oh yeah, Daddy, I want to model.’ I don’t know – the camera is just fun.
Since I’ve lived in Barcelona, I’ve played a bit of padel, so maybe I’ll become World Champion at that – joking, of course!
Every once in a while, friends leave sarcastic comments on photos. I know they’re joking, but the sarcastic humor doesn’t always translate well when I am sitting behind my screen reading it. In person, it’s easier to play it off as a joke, but online, it can come across as offensive.
Life is short, and time just flies by, so I love those moments when we’re all sitting around the table together laughing and joking.
Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.
You’re never going to catch me calling myself a hero unless I’m joking.
I don’t appreciate people taking shots and joking at my expense, when I don’t do that to anybody else.
When I was 5 years old, hanging out with my friends who were all older than me, like 8 or 9, I was joking around like, ‘Yeah, when I’m 20 that’s a perfect age to go pro.’ That’s what I had in my head. Then I turn pro at 13. It’s all been a mystery and its all been awesome.
I think there’s a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you’re making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you’re just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that’s perfectly acceptable.
When I was 5, I was always joking around like, ‘Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.’
I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.
My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there’s a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.
I think I’d make a good James Bond… I’m joking.
I’m not one of those people who are, like, always joking in person.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world.
You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who’s Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts.
People often say, ‘I like your comics, even though I don’t know enough math to get all of them,’ as if it’s some kind of club where they don’t belong. But there’s no club. There’s just lots of people who are excited about thinking, learning, joking, and sometimes overanalyzing things.
I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family – there are seven of us in all – so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I’m always joking about; that’s the way I am.
I was joking the other day that I’m American UKIP.
I am not joking when I state that I remained uneducated because I could not afford education.
Whatever I did, I always gravitated toward trying to be funny. If I was with friends, we were joking around. If I wrote for the newspaper, it would be a humor column. If I acted, I wanted to do comedy.
I’ve actually phased out the misogynistic jokes because I used to think that everyone knew that I was joking.
I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.
I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I’m there. But when I leave, I just start crying.
In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, ‘Me? You’ve got to be joking!’ I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math.
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns’ by Robert Jungk and ‘Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!’ by Richard Feynman were both books my father purchased for me when I was in high school. Both left a lasting impression on me, because they chronicle the lives of some of the most creative scientists of the 21st century.
In every interview, when they would ask me who should be a judge, I would always say Harry Connick, Jr., so I think I had something to do with him becoming a judge! He has a blunt, dry sense of humor. You never know if he’s joking or not, and I think that’s going to catch a lot of people by surprise.
Joking around is part of my personality, just who I am.
I like joking around and being a little mischievous. Once an audience or even a group of friends realizes that you’re being benevolent about it, then they’re along for the ride.
I have always viewed thinking about arguing, about questioning, pushing back with, joking, about sharing and discovering the world and the news as enjoyable, the same way that I view watching basketball.
A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I’m joking and when I’m serious.
One Valentine’s my date texted me in the evening saying: ‘Oh there’s a buy-one-get-one-free deal at Domino’s tonight,’ and I genuinely thought he was joking. But no, it wasn’t a joke. We got a buy-one-get-one-free Domino’s because there was a bargain on. Oh, and I had to pay for it as well.
Some people say, ‘Oh, you look just like the guy from ‘Stranger Things.’ And I’m like, ‘I am the guy.’ And they think I’m totally joking.
Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!
When I am captaining a side, the way I play would be the way my team plays as well. If I will be joking around all the time, I wouldn’t expect people to take me seriously.
I like to smile a lot and I always try to be happy, joking around and stuff.
I’m not joking – it’s a top-three dream of mine to be on a comedy on HBO and to have it directed by Mike Judge and Alec Berg, and then on top of that, have it be with friends, two of them I’ve known for 10 years.
I remember Nigel Martyn joking with me at Leeds, saying he was old enough to be my father, which he certainly was.
A lot of joking stems from a very dark place a bit.
Joking about violence is not funny.
In social settings, under the guise of joking, being collegial, flirting, or having a good time, I undoubtedly caused some women to question themselves, retreat, feel alone, and worry they can’t be their authentic selves.
I remember being in high school and this guy saying to me, ‘You’d actually be good-looking if you didn’t joke around so much.’ That affected me, and so I stopped joking around, and I stopped being a goof because I thought people would like me better.
My wife and I were talking about ‘90210,’ and we were kind of joking around about how many girls I’ve kissed on the show, and we got lost at, like, 25. That’s a lot! I can’t say that I haven’t enjoyed most of them.
I can imagine Dad joking about how hard it’d be to get an actor to give back when it’s hard enough to ask them to give a good performance.
I was joking the other day about how my real life feels like a TV show, and my TV life feels real – because, to be on Thursday nights on NBC, which is what I grew up with, has been such a big part of inspiring me. To be part of that tradition is really completely surreal, and I’m so grateful.
I don’t think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I’d rather talk about the similarities, about what’s universal in their experiences.
It’s weird how people were always asking us, ‘Are you real? Are you joking?’ That seems like something Americans care about a lot. You can’t answer the question ‘Are you real?’ If we’re anything, we’re documentary fiction.
A lot of players are straight-faced and serious; some are the opposite. It’s like that until about 10 minutes before kick-off and I am in the zone. Then there is no more joking about.
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