--- title: "10 Know Laughter Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Know Laughter quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Know Laughter sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/erica-jong-445_anger_i-am-old-enough-to-know-that-laughter-no_763952.jpg" --- > [I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-am-old-enough-to-know-that-laughter-not-anger-is-the-true-revelation/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/erica-jong-445_anger_i-am-old-enough-to-know-that-laughter-no_763952.jpg) > [When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/when-it-comes-to-death-we-know-that-laughter-and-tears-are-pretty/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/sherman-alexie-444_comedy_when-it-comes-to-death-we-know-that-laug_420732.png) > [“You know the laughter that proceeds from the heart by the way it sounds, and how it makes you feel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/you-know-the-laughter-that-proceeds-from-the-heart-by-the-way-it/) [Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/michael-bassey-johnson-311_comedy_you-know-the-laughter-that-proceeds-from_3186791.jpg) > [Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/children-instinctively-know-that-the-more-laughter-we-have-in-our/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/wayne-dyer-158_children_children-instinctively-know-that-the-mor_2477400.png) > [If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-williams/if-heaven-exists-to-know-that-there-s-laughter-that-would-be-a-great/) [Robin Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/robin-williams-682_exists_if-heaven-exists-to-know-that-there-s-la_1031840.jpg) > [Chaplin and Keaton are still the best. They know that there is nothing more serious than laughter, an art demanding infinite work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-galeano/chaplin-and-keaton-are-still-the-best-they-know-that-there-is-nothing/) [Eduardo Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-galeano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/eduardo-galeano-1015_art_chaplin-and-keaton-are-still-the-best-th_721567.png) > [Do you know what laughter is? I'll tell you. It's God's mistake. When God made man in order to bend him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/do-you-know-what-laughter-is-i-ll-tell-you-it-s-god-s-mistake-when/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/elie-wiesel-341_do-you-know_do-you-know-what-laughter-is-i-ll-tell-y_1685838.png) > [The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/the-child-in-you-like-all-children-loves-to-laugh-to-be-around-people/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/wayne-dyer-158_children_the-child-in-you-like-all-children-loves_2142672.png) > [I have known sorrow - therefore I May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily Than those who never sorrowed upon earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodosia-garrison/i-have-known-sorrow-therefore-i-may-laugh-with-you-o-friend-more/) [Theodosia Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodosia-garrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/theodosia-garrison-75019_earth_i-have-known-sorrow-therefore-i-may-laug_1461486.jpg) > [“I never knew it before but now I know—and you, too, know—that laughter may be of different colors, Laughter is but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yevgeny-zamyatin/i-never-knew-it-before-but-now-i-know-and-you-too-know-that-laughter/) [Yevgeny Zamyatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yevgeny-zamyatin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ee/yevgeny-zamyatin-1218_comedy_i-never-knew-it-before-but-now-i-know-an_1747124.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-laughter/#itemlist", "name": "Know Laughter Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-am-old-enough-to-know-that-laughter-not-anger-is-the-true-revelation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/erica-jong-445_anger_i-am-old-enough-to-know-that-laughter-no_763952.jpg", "contentUrl": 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