Kidding Quotes

“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”
― Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle

“Sometimes what’s funny is that someone is actually not joking.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The awful reality of life is that kids can sometimes be ruthless toward one another. Kidding, teasing, taunting, and mocking with sadistic sarcasm, they have exterminated innumerable self-esteems. Some are more adept at Humiliation 101 than they are at math or science. It's a choice between homework and hassling a weaker member of the human race. And the latter often wins out. No wonder. It's much more fun to obliterate a person's already fragile self-image than it is to work fractions for some teacher who attended school with your grandmother. It's an art form, actually, with some kids as budding Rembrandts. Whether vocal or unspoken, direct or passive, it's always destructive. Like an arrow, the rejection a young person feels plunges deep within, causing a wound that can take decades to heal.”
― Jeff Kinley

“Animal? As in lion and tiger and chipmunk? Who's he kidding?”
― Judith Whitelock McInerney, Judge Benjamin: The Superdog Secret

“Who am I kidding? This isn’t a fairy tale. It’s my life.”
― Zoe Cruz, Beastia