Quotes About Joking

#1. Is it because she's a challenge to you?" she asked, not looking away. "Because if you're going out with her because she's not easy, I swear to God, I will cut you."
I burst into laughter. "Cut me?"
Her eyes narrowed. "I'm not joking.

J. Lynn

#2. Kidding?" He asked; rolling the foreign word over in his mouth like he tasted something sour.
"Yeah, you know. Joking. Ha ha ha." I said.

Micalea Smeltzer

#3. I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.

Mallory Ortberg

#4. N had been pushing for (in only a half-joking way)

J.A. Huss

#5. It's so hard to be sassy to the Fair Folk. You people never get jokes

Cassandra Clare

#6. Well, I live a double life. Tonight, I'll escort you to dinner. Then I have to rush home and finish my calculus homework.'
'You're not joking, are you?'
'I never joke about calculus homework.

Rick Riordan

#7. S they sat, him on the sofa and her in a chair, she added, "I know you enjoy coffee, I'd offer you some. But, the last time I got you coffee, it didn't work out so well for me."
Tony smirked, "God, Claire you're something else. I can't imagine anyone else joking about that.

Aleatha Romig

#8. Sometimes I wish that I hadn't learned how to crochet, I say, and Alice laughs. Obviously she thinks I'm joking, which is maybe for the best.

David Nicholls

#9. I worry about my nan. If she's alone and falls, does she make a noise? I'm joking, she's dead.

Jimmy Carr

#10. You should hear what my parents wanted to call me. It was between Brown Rice, Neon Hitch and Z. Ziggurat Zanzibar Zandorf. I'm not joking. Imagine fitting that on my passport!

Neon Hitch

#11. Each hour is a room of shame, and I am
swimming, swimming, holding my head up,
smiling, joking, ashamed, ashamed,
like being naked with the clothed, or being
a child, having to try to behave
while hating the terms of your life.

Sharon Olds

#12. I've been joking that 'On the Road' is the prequel to 'The Road.' I don't know if that's a very good joke.

Kodi Smit-McPhee

#13. Is he seriously joking with me? The master of the dark art of raising the dead has become a standup comedian? Surely this is the end of the world.

David Estes

#14. I like monsters in general - that's what I like to write about. Somebody was joking with me that my body was becoming a manual for a role-playing game because I'm covered in little monsters. That's true. I could easily have more monsters on my skin.

Maria Dahvana Headley

#15. I'm gonna go hang myself in my closet now." After she's gone, I ask, "Is she joking?" "She's seventeen. It depends on the day.

Emma Chase

#16. In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You've got to be joking!' I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math.

Danica McKellar

#17. Hope you two boys can dig. There'll be some digging to do." "Graves?" Eddie asked, not sure if he was joking or not. "Graves come later." Roland looked up at the sky, but the clouds had advanced out of the west and stolen the stars. "Just remember, it's the winners who dig them.

Stephen King

#18. I've seen 'Pride and Prejudice' about 4,000 times. I'm not joking: I know every single line.

Claire Foy

#19. And therefore wishing to break a habit I was getting into of prattling, punning, and joking, which only made me acceptable to trifling company,

Benjamin Franklin

#20. God? Nope." requel's smile told me she was joking around to make this easier for me "santa clause? No again.

Claudia Gray

#21. I'm going to kiss you," he says.
Oh Jesus, is this happening? I'm not going to survive this.
"Please tell me you're not joking," I whisper.

Karina Halle

#22. I have always viewed thinking about arguing, about questioning, pushing back with, joking, about sharing and discovering the world and the news as enjoyable, the same way that I view watching basketball.

Chris Hayes

#23. My daughter will be reading about Pat Buchanan in a history book someday, and I am hanging out fist-bumping with him and joking with him.

Willie Geist

#24. It seems rather prophetic. We were just joking about this the other day."
"I know. Fate has annoying timing.

Kate Noble

#25. I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.

Jim Morrison

#26. I was joking earlier when I said that all writers are manic depressives, but it's a joke with a lot of truth behind it. For fiction writers and poets, too, there's something wrong with you and you do this art as a way of correcting it or addressing it in some way.

T.C. Boyle

#27. Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry.

Milan Kundera

#28. All right. And if any of you get hurt I'm going to be really mad. I sleep with a Glock next to my bed so don't think I'm joking. I will shoot you if you don't make sure Gibson gets back here safely

Lauren Dane

#29. We think that tomorrow, unless we surrender, they may drop the moon on us."
"You're joking."
"Wish I was.

Neil Gaiman

#30. Here was this really nice guy who happened to be uber-shy ... and with just a little encouragement, he was suddenly smiling and joking and having fun. Really, what had taken them so long?

Melody Carlson

#31. They were joking, but it was a serious conversation. They were often like that, Mary and her granny, when they were alone together.

Roddy Doyle

#32. America, tell me you're joking. Tell me you didn't assault the prince.

Kiera Cass

#33. My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.'

Allison Williams

#34. Still, he should be forgiven what we all want: forgetting within the fuck. Love is a nervous habit. Haven't many said so? Snacking. Smoking. Talking. Joking. Alike as light bulbs. Drinking. Drugging. Frigging. Fucking.

William H Gass

#35. The men were making too much noise, laughing, joking, to cover her terrible accusing silence below. She made the empty rooms roar with accusation and shake down a fine dust go guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about.

Ray Bradbury

#36. Is this some exercise in keeping a straight face?

Neal Stephenson

#37. Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.

Krista Allen

#38. When you see people say crazy things on our show, they mean this stuff,and that's easy to forget: They're not joking.

John Oliver

#39. people confuse me, with what they say and do. They rarely say what they mean,then they get mad at me for believing what they have said. Telling me that they didn't mean it that way or that they were joking.

Tina J. Richardson

#40. Popped a handful of pills, washing them down with a bottle of water. It was Yolanda. The officers and BH team were standing not twenty feet away from her and didn't recognize her. They were laughing and joking. I need to get there, now. This isn't a joke.

Victor Methos

#41. This is your one chance. Tell me where the key is."
"Okay."
Serpine raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
"No, only joking. Do your worst.

Derek Landy

#42. I never stopped joking around long enough to realize you weren't laughing anymore.

Alexandra Potter

#43. As professionals, we just try to keep the jokes to a minimum, when we're in a certain situation. When we're not doing that, we're joking.

Mike Colter

#44. One of the greatest gifts in this world is the ability to make others smile. - The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jonathan Fisher

J.E.B. Spredemann

#45. Can't you ever stop joking?"
"No, why should I? Laughter is one of the two things that make life worthwhile. Aren't you going to ask what the other one is?

Elizabeth Peters

#46. I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.

Patricia Heaton

#47. I did have a falsetto, but I only used it when I was joking around with friends or to annoy my girlfriends, or in the shower, because no one else was around. Or in college. I'd go to karaoke bars and sing Tina Turner songs in the original key.

John Lloyd Young

#48. I look around at everybody laughing and joking together and struggle to understand my life has become a living hell that nobody present could even begin to imagine

B.A. Paris

#49. Have either of you seen your mother "
"Yeah " Ethan said and my heart actually skipped a beat.
But I should have known Ethan was joking. "Slim lady. Blue eyes and a gray pageboy " he continued his eyes glistening in appreciation of his own humor. "Answers to the name 'Mom'.

Rachel Vincent

#50. Andrea told me after that film that there was too much Matt Haig in Matt Haig. She was kind of joking but kind of on to something. So for me, anything that lessens that extreme sense of selfe, that makes me feel me but at a lower volume, is very welcome. ( ... ) Travel has been one of those things.

Matt Haig

#51. You shouldn't be shy," he told her. "I'd give my soul for a glimpse of you without your clothes."
"Don't joke about that."
"About seeing you naked? I wasn't joking."
"Your soul," Helen said earnestly. "It's too important.

Lisa Kleypas

#52. You brothers-such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilized. He thought I was joking, I wasn't. - Malcador

Chris Wraight

#53. Can you eat all of that?" "Are you joking? Of course I can." Xander acts offended.

Ally Condie

#54. Was he joking? Was he being sarcastic? Aggressive? Impertinent? Or just courteous? There was no telling from his impassive face. What a country, he thought despairingly. In Russia you always knew. If a man made a stern face he was threatening; if he was laughing uproariously, he was joking.

George Mikes

#55. I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it's like there was some part of me
standing back, watching, thinking, Is this as good as it gets?

Margaret Peterson Haddix

#56. Boris come himself?" Vanov laughed. "Surely you're joking. Preparations for his wedding.

Eric Van Lustbader

#57. You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts.

Chevy Chase

#58. I'm intrigued on how music is made, that's how I started getting into it. Of course I've been in the booth before, just joking around to see how it is, and I'll make a couple of beats here or there and help my artists out. But other that, I'll stick to listening.

Kevin Durant

#59. When the humours were handed out, Ankh-Morpork got the one for joking and Quirm had to do make do with their expertise in fine dining and love-making.

Terry Pratchett

#60. Well, I am not always joking, sometimes I am serious. But some people always expect you to be funny. If you were like you are on stage, you would be obnoxious. With the jokes and the putdowns, I would need to take a break ... juggle something.

Dom Irrera

#61. if you don't shut your mouth and work with us, then by the Lord Jesus, when we roll out of here in those buses I will personally tie you to the front grill, cover you with A1 sauce, and use you for bait. Look me in the eye and ask me if I'm joking.

Jonathan Maberry

#62. Bulletproof is about the fact that I was shot in the face and survived. Nah I'm joking that'd be grisly and awful.

Thom Yorke

#63. Don't speak if you don't have to about trivia. The time for joking comes because of the trust, and you have to earn the trust. So, I don't alibi for anything, and I'll take the heat. That's the other thing. Don't let them take the heat. We take the heat.

Phil Ramone

#64. The thought of seeing Malcolm and JB, of interacting with them and smiling and joking, seemed suddenly excruciating.

Hanya Yanagihara

#65. Never tell a ticket agent, "As a matter of fact, I DID accept items from persons unknown to me! A nice man in a chadar gave me this awesome luggage freshener with a clock attached!" Federal regulations require them to have no idea you're joking as they riddle your body with bullets.

Seanbaby

#66. How many of them were there?' Her voice wasn't joking around. Eighteen. Hundred.' Four,' Blaylock interjected. 'An honor guard of four.' What did they work you over with? Those bruises on your thighs are severe?' Crowbars. Big, massive-' Blay cut in. 'Clubs. Had to be those ceremonial black clubs.

J.R. Ward

#67. I like joking around and being a little mischievous. Once an audience or even a group of friends realizes that you're being benevolent about it, then they're along for the ride.

Reggie Watts

#68. My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!

Andy Roddick

#69. But it's the same with all my friends, just fun and joking, nothing more. I can never bring myself to talk of anything outside the common round.

Anne Frank

#70. Get the hell out of here. You're an accountant? You?" He must be joking . Beautiful and highly intelligent? I feel like I've found a unicorn.

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J. Daniels

#71. Joking with somebody's emotions makes you cold person.

Deyth Banger

#72. So what's going on?" Livy asked after spitting out a bit more blood.
"Got a job for you."
"Will I be whoring?"
"Not this time. I'm sorry."
"You know how I love to whore," Livy stated with that flat tone that freaked people out, because no one ever knew whether she was joking or not.

Shelly Laurenston

#73. Dad nods, looks me dead in the eyes; slowly and regretfully, he banishes all the smiling and joking from his face, and for once he's just my dad, watching his son who has fallen so low.

Ned Vizzini

#74. I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I'm always joking about; that's the way I am.

Shayne Ward

#75. Carlos, are we in complete understanding with each other?"
"Yeah," I say. "As long as it's not in your house and you don't know about it, you're okay with us messin' around."
"I know you're joking with me. You are joking with me, aren't you?"
"Maybe.

Simone Elkeles

#76. Getting some redecorating ideas?' Nico asked. 'Maybe you could do your dining room in mediaeval monk skulls.'
Hades arched an eyebrow. 'I can never tell when you're joking.

Rick Riordan

#77. The Doctor: I've seen bigger.
Clara: Really?
The Doctor: Are you joking? It's massive!

Steven Moffat

#78. Iain now calls you Jessica Fletcher, and he said I can tell you things within reason, and we can both sit back and wait for you to solve our cases. And that he'll be consulting you on one or two others, but I think he was joking.

E.J. Lamprey

#79. I can spend the hour before the race cracking up with all my friends and joking around, but as soon as I get around that race car, I completely change. The focus changes. The competitive juices get flowing.

Denny Hamlin

#80. Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in a rock band. I was dreaming of like corporate lunches and just like, and I'm not really joking. Like the whole idea to me was really appealing.

Carrie Brownstein

#81. I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.

John Goodman

#82. Hey," he said.
"Hi." Oh, damn. It was awkward.
"What're you doing?"
"Shearing a sheep. It's cold outside, and I need a new hat."
He paused. "You're joking, right?"
"Yes, Marshall." I gnawed on my fingers some more and sunk back in my chair.

Chanelle Gray

#83. Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!

Maurice Gibb

#84. He'd say "I love you" to every man in the squad before rolling out, say it straight, with no joking or smart-ass lilt and no warbly Christian smarm in it either, just that brisk declaration like he was tightening the seat belts around everyone's soul.

Ben Fountain

#85. You're joking, Perce! You are actually joking, Percy ... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were-

J.K. Rowling

#86. Sometimes When You Are Serious, People Thought You Were Joking, But Sometimes When You Are Joking, People Thought You Were Serious

Harry Toh Jun Shen

#87. I steal, Winkle said, with a smile that said I'm joking and a glint in his eye that said I'm not.

Orson Scott Card

#88. I like to watch a bit of Disney, sprinkle some cocaine on some melon and just sit and eat it. I'm joking, I'm joking. There's no Disney.

Paolo Nutini

#89. Toothless crossed his eyes and made a gulping noise with his throat as if he was swallowing ...
"AAAAAAARGH!" screamed Hiccup.
Toothless spat Ziggerastica onto the floor.
"Only j-j-joking," he said.

Cressida Cowell

#90. When I am working, I have two shows on Saturday, and when I wake up, and it's a lovely day, I just cry. I'm joking: I love my job.

Elena Roger

#91. Is that a joke? Please tell me you're joking. -Sophie
I never joke about carnivorous bunnies. -Luca

Rachel Vincent

#92. I heard that you could help me."
"Me? That's impossible," said Oshino in a joking tone of voice. "Only you can help yourself, ojou-chan.

NisiOisiN

#93. When I tell people I went to library school, the most common reaction is either "You're joking, right?" or "They have schools for librarians? Do they teach you how to properly sssh people?

Scott Douglas

#94. Ellie?" he said. Just the reflection of his ice-blue irises seared through me. "Do you know what's coming?" "Goodbye?" I said, only half-joking. Jubal smiled, concentrating again on the road. "Maybe not.

Jamie McGuire

#95. Joking around is part of my personality, just who I am.

Novak Djokovic

#96. I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening.

Amanda Peet

#97. Open sesame,' I joked. Silence. Apparently, the Reapers weren't in a joking mood.

Jennifer Estep

#98. My friends just kept joking about all the horrible physical side effects [of Prednisone ]. I can only imagine that something that works that well has got to be bad for you.

Hamilton Leithauser

#99. When I write on 'SNL,' I've found I'm most productive while collaborating and joking with friends and not being firmly attached to any one idea.

Cecily Strong

#100. That got some appreciative laughter, though he wasn't joking, and the bird didn't laugh. It didn't answer him either. Quentin couldn't read its face; like all birds, it had only one expression.

Lev Grossman