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. Stephen Greenblatt
Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line. Carrie Fisher
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. Roman Polański
Nothing to me is unexpected. No disappointment is unexpected - whether it's movies or people or relationships. I'm always ready for the punch directly between the eyes. So I get hurt, but I never get hurt. Happens all the time. Brian Grazer
Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way. Jerry Stiller
I talk kinda slow, especially for the Northeast, so it was a way to beat [would-be hecklers] to the punch. Jim Gaffigan