“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
“Death is an old joke, but it comes like new to everyone.”
Source: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 27.
“Jack: When they laugh at one of my jokes… it just gets me right here. [Puts hand on heart]”
The Jack Benny Program (Radio: 1932-1955), The Jack Benny Program (Television: 1950-1965)
The Daily Show
Source: Visibile in Bill de Blasio's Questionable Joke http://www.cc.com/video-clips/g0ng5b/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-bill-de-blasio-s-questionable-joke, CC.com, 12 aprile 2016.
“Yes, maybe it’s just one colossal big joke with no point to it.”
Lazarus stood up and stretched and scratched his ribs. “But I can tell you this, Andy, whatever the answers are, here’s one monkey that’s going to keep on climbing, and looking around him to see what he can see, as long as the tree holds out.”
Methuselah’s Children (p. 667; closing words)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Context: Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one... I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity... If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live.
Her last taped interview, with Richard Meryman, published in LIFE magazine a few days before her death. (3 August 1962); quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972) <!-- p. 42 -->
“Come all without, come all within,
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.”
Song lyrics, Self Portrait (1970), Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
