Jokemaker Quotes & Sayings

As a kid I was the youngest member of my family, and the youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into an adult conversation. My sister was five years older than I was, my brother was nine years older than I was, and my parents were both talkers. So at the dinner table when I was very young, I was boring to all those other people. They did not want to hear about the dumb childish news of my days. They wanted to talk about really important stuff that happened in high school or maybe in college or at work. So the only way I could get into a conversation was to say something funny. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Conceit spoils the finest genius. — Louisa May Alcott

The youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into an adult conversation. — Kurt Vonnegut

When we go against the grain and put ourselves and our work out in the world, some people will feel threatened and they will go after what hurts the most - our appearance, our lovability, and even our parenting. — Brene Brown

I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about. — Brad Holland

Though we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within us, we must learn not to water those seeds and instead nourish our positive qualities - those of compassion, understanding, and loving kindness. — Nhat Hanh

The coldest growing seasons of the future [will be] hotter than the hottest of the past. Is agriculture adapted to that? I don't know. Can fish play the piano? — Cary Fowler

When somebody follows you 20 blocks to the pharmacy, where they watch you buy toilet paper, you know your life has changed. — Jennifer Aniston

I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me. — Henry David Thoreau

The act of writing surprises me all the time. A miraculous thing happens when you have an idea and you want to convert it into words ... and then you start to create a work of art, and that's another miracle, and it remains mysterious to the writer, or to this writer anyway. — Janette Turner Hospital

I'm sort of obsessed with Harlem. Just its history. My father did the music for a play called 'The Huey P. Newton Story,' and they did a lot of work in Harlem. So as a little girl, I spent a lot of time in Harlem Library. — Tessa Thompson

While campaigning, I got to know many high-school teachers, and let me say that the good ones are the unsung heroes of our society, and the bad ones are the gravediggers. — Gore Vidal

Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy. — Ronald Reagan

Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything. — John Locke

Yo mama is so fat that she left the house in high heels and came back wearing flip flops. — Mature Jokemaker Jr.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. — Henry Rollins

I don't know what kind of courage it took thousands of years ago, but I know how courageous women need to be today. — Beth Moore

My lady's sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady's delight — Catullus