When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.

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.

Nothing beats effective communication because it clears all doubts, misunderstandings, accusations, rumour, insecurities, gossip, hearsay, etc.

Reader, I kissed her. A quiet walk we had, she and I.

She could have lived every minute she'd had with him better. She should have always spoken the best words she could to him.

More modern poetry is written than read.

I've done a lot of things I cringe when I watch and some things I'm proud of... Movies are strange. You have to be a little bit lucky with them.

An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.

God's greatest tragedy is the creation of mankind.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff happening.