Laughter Quotes
There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!
There is a kind of laughter people laugh at public events, as if a joke were a charity auction and they want to be seen to be bidding.
The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know - for comedians are the caricatures among us.
All the energy of their frustration and fear going into their laughter.
If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.
It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.
Life gets so ridiculous, you just have to brush it off like sand and laugh. I think the laughter is good medicine for crap-itis.
She was like a lone angel floating above the surface of the earth, laughing with delight because she could fly but crying out of loneliness.
That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.
I'm at that age where I watch such things with two minds, one that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.
The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.
...and when he thought about the way she laughed, as though she owned the air around her, his heart thundered inside his chest, a lonely rada.
If you can't laugh, you won't make it.
I’m not up for laughing, but their laughter makes the room feel safer, so we begin to explore.
Do you know, I think that of all your idiosyncrasies that choke you give, when you are determined not to laugh, is the one that most enchants me.
Sometimes we laugh to keep from crying, but the important thing is to laugh, every chance we get.
It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.
Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men.
Although a lot can be learned from adversity, most of the same lessons can be learned through laughter and joy.
After the first few readings in comedy venues I did begin to write for laughs. There's something so gratifying about stimulating laughter.
Why don't you laugh? If I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.
But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible
Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature, and is purifying only in so far as there is a natural and unschooled goodness in the human heart.
It hurts! It throbs with pain, the like of which I never felt the half! Mortal flesh would scream again . . . yet demon spirit bids to laugh
One would have to say "in the end everything is a gag, etc" because everything is infinitely more than just a gag. The same applies to other "is"-statements such as "Laughter is an instant vacation"
I think what's difficult is proving to people that a script actually does work and sometimes the laughter might not be on the page, it might be between the lines.
What she felt was a lighthearted sort of compassion, almost like laughter. A swish of tender hilarity, getting the better of all her sores and hollows, for the time given.
It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body.
If I had to do it all again, I would still want my same daughter and two sons; through laughter, tears, prayers, and blessings.
Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter or shock.
I know its corny, but laughter is a two-way gift, and hearing people laugh just warms me through and through.
The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?
Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes of a continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the overflow of emotion; both are
Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.
Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer.
