Fate does not play
Fate does not play jokes. Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jokes
In real life I’m
In real life I’m the type of girl who doesn’t take herself too seriously. I’m very serious when it comes to work, but I like to make jokes and have a good laugh and make fun of myself. Gal Gadot
I love mixing humor
I love mixing humor and terror, or humor and exhaustion, or even humor and despair. I’m dealing right now with a loved one with cancer, and she’s of course sad, but also telling the most disturbingly morbid jokes and puns. I love that, there’s so much humanity in being able to mock fate and hardship. … Read more
He loved me. He’d
He loved me. He’d loved me as long as he he’d known me! I hadn’t loved him as long perhaps, but now I loved him equally well, or better. I loved his laugh, his handwriting, his steady gaze, his honorableness, his freckles, his appreciation of my jokes, his hands, his determination that I should know … Read more
What are you reading?
What are you reading? Owen asks. Charlotte’s Web, Liz says. It’s really sad. One of the main characters just died. You ought to read the book from end to beginning, Owen jokes. That way, no one dies, and it’s always a happy ending. Gabrielle Zevin
There’s a joke about
There’s a joke about the balloon boy who has a balloon mum and a balloon dad and he goes to a balloon school with balloon friends ad a balloon principal. And one day, the balloon boy decides to take a pin to his balloon school, which is, of course, a disaster. And he’s called into … Read more
I used to watch
I used to watch ‘Coming to America’ every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved ‘The Golden Child,’ so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up. Gabourey Sidibe
If I hadn’t been
If I hadn’t been told I was garbage, I wouldn’t have learned how to show people I’m talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn’t have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn’t told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if … Read more
Most critics don’t realize
Most critics don’t realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals to close friends; and so, with some pre-ordained right to pontificate they take on the responsibility of decoding the book and risk making terrible fools of themselves. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Some comics don’t like
Some comics don’t like it when people talk during the set, and it does get a little bit annoying after awhile, but I basically let people dictate what jokes I’m going to do. Gabriel Iglesias