Robert Orben (1928) American magician and writer
Janet Cawley (September 22, 1988) "The Joke's On George, Mike, Dan and Lloyd", Chicago Tribune, p. 23.
Source: Invitation to Sociology (1963), p. 11
Robert Orben (1928) American magician and writer
Janet Cawley (September 22, 1988) "The Joke's On George, Mike, Dan and Lloyd", Chicago Tribune, p. 23.
Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter
“A joke is a very serious thing.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Sometimes attributed to Winston Churchill, it is in fact a slight misquote of "A joke's a very serious thing" from the 1763 poem "The Ghost" by Charles Churchill.
Misattributed
“A joke's a very serious thing.”
Charles Churchill (satirist) (1731–1764) British poet
Book IV, line 1386
The Ghost (1763)
“Medicine is a very old joke, but it still goes on.”
André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
Les silences du colonel Bramble (The Silence of Colonel Bramble)
“You know, OK, I made a few jokes — and they killed 3000 Americans. Fair trade.”
Ann Coulter (1961) author, political commentator
In response to request by a representative of Muslims for America to stop using the term "raghead" as detrimental to the cause of moderation, alienating to all Muslims and angering many, at a CPAC Conference Q&A (10 February 2006) http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2200579605&topic=218. <br class="br">2006
“The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982) Swedish princess
royalcorrespondent.com interview http://royalcorrespondent.com/2013/07/15/we-really-are-a-team-says-princess-madeleine-in-a-new-interview/