Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer.

Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.

Though snails are exceedingly slow, There is one thing I'd like to know. If I out run 'em round the yard, How come they beat me to the chard?

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.

There are no language barriers when you are smiling.

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.

Laughing is also good for your respiratory system.

Our attitudes are the crayons that color our world.

In every job, relationship, or life situation there is inevitably some turbulence. Learn to laugh at it. It is part of what you do and who you are.

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.

Only five books tonight, Mommy, " she says.No, Olivia, just one."How about four?"Two."Three."Oh, all right, three. But that's it!

I foresee no possibility of venturing into themes showing a closer view of reality for a long time to come. The public itself will not have it. What it wants is a gun and a girl.

You need emotional content.

I believe women who are supported by men are prostitutes, that is that, and I am heartbroken to live through a time where Wall Street money means these women are not treated with due disdain.

Paradise is not the place you go when you die. Paradise is when your mind is in a perfect state.

It's never been true, not anywhere at anytime, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on a number on a scale.

You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people. But until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed.

Take No as a question.

The more dynamic the capitalistic expansion, the greater the disparity. It is from the disparity that we are going to get all the political upheaval for the next few years.