In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was grasshoppers. I… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
Dark humor appealed to me because it was a bigger laugh than you could get with anything else. Seeing people laugh at… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
“Sometimes,when life gets hard, and people make you angry or even when you're scared, the best response is laughter.Laugh in the face… — Rachel Van Dyken Copy Share Image
The fountain of youth [for me], let’s see…I guess it’s exercise, healthy diet, lots of water, lots of laughter, lots of sex—yes,… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
“I stumbled out from under the archway on to the sprawling green. The sun blinded me and I wanted to punch it… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts- because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting... I… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“A laugh jumps out of my mouth, surprising me. I can’t even remember the last time I laughed and it puts me… — Nyrae Dawn Copy Share Image
The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways. ... The artist is obliged to keep his… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
I did this movie called 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' and I was an extra, and it was a movie that Oprah… — Tiffany Haddish Copy Share Image
“Pete roars with laughter and asks if Hodges knows what the blond said when she opened the box of Cheerios. Hodges says… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
“Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?” No-one in the class knew the answer, but someone yelled out, “that joke… — Kate Cullen Copy Share Image
“I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an… — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
Somebody who opposes Trump is wound so tight, they're not funny people anyway, that they don't get his humor. They really believe… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
One aspect of play is the importance of laughter, which has physiological and psychological benefits. Did you know that there are thousands… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
“But laugh?" He pressed the flat of his hand against my stomach. "Here lives laugh." He ran his finger straight up to… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
“Wanna trade?" (Puck) ..."Can't you take anything seriously?" (Ash) "I am serious! Duck." I ducked as a dagger flew overhead, barely missing… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
Some of my most vivid childhood memories involve cards: loud, energetic, often brutally competitive games of racing demon, played at high speed… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
You can laugh at somebody because they are innocent, and because they are naive or they are about to walk into a… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
I was saying on the air: "Victorino used the Twitter and he sent a twit to tell the fans he was coming."… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
I have a pretty diverse audience, and that makes me happy - laughter is universal, and I don't differentiate between people at… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
“And then he began to laugh in a peculiar way of his own which was both violent and soundless. His heavy reclining… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
The pleasures of love are pains that become desirable, where sweetness and torment blend, and so love is voluntary insanity, infernal paradise,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
For my first show at 'SNL', I wrote a Bill Clinton sketch, and during our read-through, it wasn't getting any laughs. This… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
When you're coming up with new material, it's not always gonna be good. The only way to learn is for it not… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“You think it’s funny?” Shay said with annoyance. “Yes.” Her friend paused to get her laughter under control. “I’m sorry. It’s just… — Lindsey Brookes Copy Share Image
Your first duty is to be humane. Love childhood. Look with friendly eyes on its games, its pleasures, its amiable dispositions. Which… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Sunsets are loved because they vanish. Flowers are loved because they go. The dogs of the field and the cats of the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Why were things funny? Was God laughing at us? Or was laughter the dispensation of God? Maybe laughter itself was Godlike. When… — Richard Tillotson Copy Share Image
Yesterday is over and a new day is here make what you can count. Make your kids laugh, spend time with your… — Kevin McCarty Copy Share Image
Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in… — Christine Lakin Copy Share Image
“He frowned. She laughed. He brightened. She pouted. He grinned. She flinched. Come on: we don’t do that. Except when we’re pretending.… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Over the long term, the eclipse rate of great civilizations being overtaken is 100%. So you know how it's going to end.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“There was a burst of laughter so sudden Miri jumped to her feet in alarm. Bena and Liana had pushed Peder out… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
“It must be said here, however, that among the activities that all LTTE members, both men and women, enjoyed most was reminiscing… — N Malathy Copy Share Image
My soul was a burden, bruised and bleeding. It was tired of the man who carried it, but I found no place… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image