Dave Itzkoff Quotes

I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny.

I'm a prankster, so some of the - you know, I like a good joke. I think when it's funny, it's funny.

Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it.

I do love jokes.

I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not.

If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?

I wish I had a funny story.

My real last name is Galifianakisburg.

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

A lot of truth is said in jest.

A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.

I love practical jokes and humor. That there's frankly no joke that I don't think is funny. I love practical jokes, but I don't like being scared.

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.

When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.

There's no such thing as a cheap laugh.

In the end, everything is a gag.

I do jokes about what's funny, and both sides are funny.

My only goal is to make you laugh, not tell you the truth.

Humor is the ultimate truth. If it’s not true, the joke is not funny.

Comedians in general make their living calling liars on their lies.

My only rule about a joke is that it should be funny.

Nothing makes me laugh more than farting.

One nice thing about making jokes is that you don't have to prove them.

If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional movie, with any comedians, they're either not terribly intelligent or they're not doing something well.

I am a walking joke.