A joke can only get laughs for one reason because it resonates.

A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.

Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.

Let me explain something to you, Fresh Mouth: I'm the only one who makes jokes.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

A joke is a miracle.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

And thank you, also, for the joke."
"The joke?"
"Why truly—the best joke is but a simple statement of truth."…
He mounted, flapped the reins, and, as the gray gelding broke into a trot he said to himself: "A joke indeed, but it is a pity that men do not laugh at it more often.

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

A joke is a very serious thing.

He who laughs last may be the joke.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them.