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Punch Line Quotes

The fine line between genius and madness is a punch line. Duck, you idiot! Picture Quote #1

A cute girl, a pissed off Were-spider, and an occult boulnty hunter carrying a small arsenal walk into a bar...I bet this joke was gonna have one helluva punch line Picture Quote #1

Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you’re cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you’re not telling jokes Picture Quote #1

If you have to do something, write me a funny AIDS play. Sure you can. It’s the biggest joke played on us since sex itself - and with the longest punch line Picture Quote #1

My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father’s. My father would tell a very, very long story, and the punch line would be in Yiddish Picture Quote #1

I arm myself with punch lines and a big old water gun Picture Quote #1

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Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line Picture Quote #1

I don't think there's a punch line scheduled, is there? Picture Quote #1

If life’s a joke, then suicide’s a bad punch line Picture Quote #1

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line Picture Quote #1

I’m not much for setup... punch line. I talk about my kids. I talk about my wife Picture Quote #1

I love hard punch lines, and I like anything that has a strong point of view Picture Quote #1

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I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical Picture Quote #1

What’s the punch line here? Physiologically, it doesn’t come cheap being a bastard 24 hours a day Picture Quote #1

I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don’t laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that’s not real laughter Picture Quote #1

When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there’s some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it’s the punch line to a joke Picture Quote #1

When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself Picture Quote #1

In the end, perhaps we should simply imagine a joke; a long joke that’s continually retold in an accent too thick and strange to ever be completely understood. Life is that joke my friends. The soul is the punch line Picture Quote #1

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It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke Picture Quote #1

How do you know you told a good punch line, a good joke? It’s because they laugh. How do you know you’ve got a good scary punch line? It’s because they jump out of the seat or scream. So the best reward is one you can listen to Picture Quote #1

Typically, when you’re with your friends, premises are coming up left and right. But when you’re on stage, you must create the premise. So you have to create the premise, paint the picture and then deliver the punch line Picture Quote #1

Too many comics today ramble. By the time they get to the punch line, the audience has either gone to sleep, gone to the bathroom or gone to bed Picture Quote #1

On stage you look much larger than you are. You can have subtle changes of timing; how you place a punch line in a joke or movement or emotion according to an audience Picture Quote #1

I’ve spent my fortune, tarnished my public view and made myself the brunt of punch line after punch line Picture Quote #1

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According to the media, trans women were subject to pain and punch lines. Instead of proclaiming that I was not a plot device to be laughed at, I spent my younger years internalizing and fighting those stereotypes Picture Quote #1

I think we’re the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It’s not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human Picture Quote #1

For me, it’s a bigger challenge, it’s much harder to do and much more rewarding to do well, then just to think up stuff of your own, hit or miss, because you’ve got to see to it that you don’t torpedo any of his punch lines Picture Quote #1

I don’t really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don’t, it’s like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line Picture Quote #1

Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that Picture Quote #1

Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won’t get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn’t until the second act Picture Quote #1

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The fine line between genius and madness is a punch line. Duck, you idiot! (Punch Line Quotes) A cute girl, a pissed off Were-spider, and an occult boulnty hunter carrying a small arsenal walk into a bar...I bet this joke was gonna have one helluva punch line. (Punch Line Quotes) Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you’re cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you’re not telling jokes (Punch Line Quotes) If you have to do something, write me a funny AIDS play. Sure you can. It’s the biggest joke played on us since sex itself - and with the longest punch line (Punch Line Quotes) My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father’s. My father would tell a very, very long story, and the punch line would be in Yiddish (Punch Line Quotes) I arm myself with punch lines and a big old water gun (Punch Line Quotes) Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line (Punch Line Quotes) I don't think there's a punch line scheduled, is there? (Punch Line Quotes) If life’s a joke, then suicide’s a bad punch line (Punch Line Quotes) My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line (Punch Line Quotes) I’m not much for setup... punch line. I talk about my kids. I talk about my wife (Punch Line Quotes) I love hard punch lines, and I like anything that has a strong point of view (Punch Line Quotes) I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical (Punch Line Quotes) What’s the punch line here? Physiologically, it doesn’t come cheap being a bastard 24 hours a day (Punch Line Quotes) I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don’t laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that’s not real laughter (Punch Line Quotes) When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there’s some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it’s the punch line to a joke (Punch Line Quotes) When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself (Punch Line Quotes) In the end, perhaps we should simply imagine a joke; a long joke that’s continually retold in an accent too thick and strange to ever be completely understood. Life is that joke my friends. The soul is the punch line (Punch Line Quotes) It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke (Punch Line Quotes) How do you know you told a good punch line, a good joke? It’s because they laugh. How do you know you’ve got a good scary punch line? It’s because they jump out of the seat or scream. So the best reward is one you can listen to (Punch Line Quotes) Typically, when you’re with your friends, premises are coming up left and right. But when you’re on stage, you must create the premise. So you have to create the premise, paint the picture and then deliver the punch line (Punch Line Quotes) Too many comics today ramble. By the time they get to the punch line, the audience has either gone to sleep, gone to the bathroom or gone to bed (Punch Line Quotes) On stage you look much larger than you are. You can have subtle changes of timing; how you place a punch line in a joke or movement or emotion according to an audience (Punch Line Quotes) I’ve spent my fortune, tarnished my public view and made myself the brunt of punch line after punch line (Punch Line Quotes) According to the media, trans women were subject to pain and punch lines. Instead of proclaiming that I was not a plot device to be laughed at, I spent my younger years internalizing and fighting those stereotypes (Punch Line Quotes) I think we’re the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It’s not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human (Punch Line Quotes) For me, it’s a bigger challenge, it’s much harder to do and much more rewarding to do well, then just to think up stuff of your own, hit or miss, because you’ve got to see to it that you don’t torpedo any of his punch lines (Punch Line Quotes) I don’t really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don’t, it’s like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line (Punch Line Quotes) Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that (Punch Line Quotes) Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won’t get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn’t until the second act (Punch Line Quotes)

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