Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.

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.

For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?

I'm hooked on my baby's love, there ain't nothing in the jug this strong.

No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.

I fought as a kid. But football is what kept me out of trouble. You could always fight, whether you're in trouble or not

I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm always interested in going back.

Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.

My goal is to drop 10 projects in 2013. All albums. I gotta do it. I know the 10 projects I want to drop.

Like roots finding water, we always wind up moving towards what sustains us.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

If you have a voice, sing; but if you have good arms, then go in for dancing.