I think serious situations actually make for the best kind…

I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But theyre also the hardest to convert into comedy at the…

— Mike Birbiglia

Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs.

— Norman Lear

There's something quite joyful about doing comedy which doesn't really need much analysis. I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is…

— Steve Coogan

“Belly laughs are one of the best things about being sentient, and you should never miss a chance for one.”

— Dennis E. Taylor

The laughs are honestly bigger, ... They are the kind of unexpected belly laughs you get with your friends during conversation.

— Drew Carey

Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset.

— Peter Senge

I don't have the activist temperament. I like listening to divergent points of view and hearing people out. I like getting along. I even…

— Victoria Moran

A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out…

— Diane Johnson

I never have a thematic intention at the outset.

— Stephen King

“When you know the government is corrupt at the outset, the smart avoid interacting with them.”

— Steven Magee

Even women are perfect at the outset.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

At the outset of the creation of the euro in 1999, it was expected that the southern eurozone economies would behave like those in…

— Alan Greenspan

I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.

— Jessye Norman

Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the…

— Howard Staunton

At the outset, my notion of being a writer was that you would have moments of inspiration and moments of frustration, when you'd crumple…

— Tom Rachman