I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.
Joan RiversRead
I would not want to live if I could not perform. It's in my will. I am not to be revived unless I can do an hour of stand-up.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses the importance of performance and the joy derived from it, suggesting that a life without the ability to entertain is not worth living.
Joan Rivers highlights her deep passion for performing and how integral it is to her identity. The quote underscores the idea that for her, the act of making people laugh is essential to her existence, and she would not wish to continue living if she were unable to engage in stand-up comedy, which brings her fulfillment and purpose.
Themes
PerformanceComedyPassionLifeEntertainment
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about pursuing one's passions during a motivational talk.
More from Joan Rivers
All quotes β"I've learned what's funny verbally ain't so funny on e-mail: They don't hear your intonations. Melissa broke up with somebody over that. She tried to tell him: "That was a joke!" But he just didn't get it. Mick Jagger said, "F- 'em if they don't get the joke." And I love him. That comes with age: Knowing it's their problem, not mine."
Joan RiversRead
I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive.
Joan RiversRead
Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It's all funny.
Joan RiversRead
Life is so tough. I don't know how old you are, but I've seen so much in a wink. One phone call and your life is changed forever. We all know that. You better laugh at everything.
Joan RiversRead
I walk on a stage, and I know if it's been a good show or not. You know when it's been a good interview. No one has to tell you. You know it. You feel it. You can feel the air. You can feel everything about it when it's a good show. And you know when you've messed up.
Joan RiversRead
Similar quotes
It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.
Terry PratchettRead
Whiskey is carried into committee rooms in demijohns and carried out in demagogues.
Mark TwainRead
The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
Erma BombeckRead
Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it, but a joke is about surprising someone. I'm a great believer in context. You can joke about anything. I do like finding out where the line is drawn, deliberately crossing it and bringing some of them with me across the line, and having them be happy that I did.
George CarlinRead
You barbarians!' he yelled. 'I'll sue the council for every penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And whipped! And boiled...until...until...until...until you've had enough.' Ford was running after him. Very very fast. 'And then I will do it again!' yelled Arthur, 'And when I've finished I will take all the little bits, and I will jump on them!
Douglas AdamsRead
First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
F. Scott FitzgeraldRead