I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged…

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

— Pierre Beaumarchais

“Laugh and fear not, creatures. Now that you are no longer dumb and witless, you need not always be grave. For jokes as well…

— C.S. Lewis

Laughing at fear is one of the best things you can do. When you are afraid, instead of just plunging into panic, laugh. The…

— Frederick Lenz

I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air.

— William Shakespeare

I yearn to see other chief executives throughout the nation follow suit, so that as a people we may hasten the elimination of barbarism…

— Winthrop Rockefeller

Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no man can hasten or retard.

— Janos Bolyai

As relationships progress, the time you spend smooching diminishes. Where kissing was once an enjoyable entree unto itself, it becomes a mere appetizer couples…

— Jenna McCarthy

Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both served to…

— Martin Jacques

“Time is an imp—a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays the passing of minutes when I…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

The visible things that have come from the group have been the Plan 9 system and Inferno, but I hasten to say that the…

— Dennis Ritchie

So the English approach to show business and their work is more - and this is a big generalization, I hasten to say -…

— Elizabeth McGovern

Death hastens those who hasten death.

— Joan Slonczewski

“Those who hasten to live are in a hurry to miss,”

— Fredrik Backman

Two races share today the soil of Canada. These people had not always been friends. But I hasten to say it. There is no…

— Wilfrid Laurier

“We can neither hurry nor hasten the works of God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita