I always feel that most political jokes, if you're going to do them, you have to do them within the next five minutes, or else they're outdated. By the time you've got it to the point that it's strong, it would be 12 years old. Votes: 4
I'm offended by political jokes. Too often they get elected. Votes: 3
I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected. Votes: 3
I don't approve of political jokes; I have seen too many of them get elected. Votes: 3
Many of the political jokes that circulated in the Third Reich were directed at Goering. He collected them [all] in a large leather notebook and delighted in re-telling most of them to his friends. Votes: 3
I don't do politics, I don't do religion, I don't do ethnic jokes. Votes: 2
British politics, as the world knows, is a joke. Yet it's rarely funny. Votes: 2
It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke. Votes: 2
I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes. Votes: 2
I have no idea what my best material is. Different people like different things. I'll say this: The political stuff gets the press, but the relationship jokes sell all the seats. Votes: 2
I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for them is not very long, and the joke becomes old news very quickly. Votes: 2
What's fascinating about doing comedy about the referendum is, because it is the first time, it is the most extraordinary atmosphere. You find that if you are making jokes about politicians, it becomes intensely political. Votes: 2
I have done things politically, and I've been running a business at the same time, but I sort of joke that to some extent I do more than most legislators have done in their whole careers, and I've been doing it as a part-time job. Votes: 2
There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician? Votes: 2
We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of either greed or politics - Canadian politics. Votes: 2
The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot soldiers and political leaders into viable instruments of rational and affirmative change. The why is everything and without it, the very suggestion of human progress becomes a cosmic joke. Votes: 2
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible. Votes: 4 David Ogilvy
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Votes: 5 Mao Zedong