--- title: "Best Laughable Sayings" description: "Browse 104 Laughable quotes by 96 authors. Discover the best Laughable sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/carolyn-murphy-19779_had_one-of-my-most-laughable-moments-was-whe_3182780.png" --- > [One of my most laughable moments was when we visited the monkeys in Ubud - they really seemed to like me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-murphy/one-of-my-most-laughable-moments-was-when-we-visited-the-monkeys-in/) [Carolyn Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/carolyn-murphy-19779_had_one-of-my-most-laughable-moments-was-whe_3182780.png) > [The truth is that we all have lives that are complicated. We all get hurt by people we love sometimes. It's laughable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-mellon/the-truth-is-that-we-all-have-lives-that-are-complicated-we-all-get/) [Tamara Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-mellon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/tamara-mellon-12225_behave_the-truth-is-that-we-all-have-lives-that_2272747.jpg) > [That Newt Gingrich or any mainstream Republican has the nerve to look down from what they perceive as their moral mountaintop at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/that-newt-gingrich-or-any-mainstream-republican-has-the-nerve-to-look/) [Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/henry-rollins-170_down_that-newt-gingrich-or-any-mainstream-rep_370305.jpg) > [I think it laughable, frankly, that the physics community comes up with a theory for everything. There isn't one theory for everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/i-think-it-laughable-frankly-that-the-physics-community-comes-up-with/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/edgar-mitchell-6104_come-up_i-think-it-laughable-frankly-that-the-ph_2676240.jpg) > [When you're young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, "People need to see what I can do." And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-arnett/when-you-re-young-you-kind-of-take-yourself-seriously-and-you-think/) [Will Arnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-arnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68a/will-arnett-8059_actors_when-you-re-young-you-kind-of-take-yours_2378932.jpg) > [Trump said we got snookered. That those agreements like NAFTA were the worst agreements ever and suggested that our trade negotiators were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stiglitz/trump-said-we-got-snookered-that-those-agreements-like-nafta-were-the/) [Joseph Stiglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stiglitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/joseph-stiglitz-1351_laughable_trump-said-we-got-snookered-that-those-a_1479295.jpg) > [As far as where I go when I die, the concept that I am simple going to flick out, like a light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/as-far-as-where-i-go-when-i-die-the-concept-that-i-am-simple-going-to/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/stephen-king-13_believe_as-far-as-where-i-go-when-i-die-the-conc_513385.jpg) > [A new and speculative idea, which although it may seem trivial and almost laughable, is nonetheless of great value in quickening the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-gelb/a-new-and-speculative-idea-which-although-it-may-seem-trivial-and/) [Michael J. Gelb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-gelb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/michael-j-gelb-27607_great-value_a-new-and-speculative-idea-which-althoug_2970866.jpg) > [Each thing has its word, but the word has become a thing by itself. Why shouldn't I find it? Why can't a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-ball/each-thing-has-its-word-but-the-word-has-become-a-thing-by-itself-why/) [Hugo Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/hugo-ball-42990_concern_each-thing-has-its-word-but-the-word-has_1437115.png) > [The director of 'Independence Day,' 'Godzilla' and 'The Patriot' has certain attributes, all of which are given full vent in 'The Day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/the-director-of-independence-day-godzilla-and-the-patriot-has-certain/) [Stephen Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hunter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/stephen-hunter-12610_after_the-director-of-independence-day-godzill_1831334.png) > [The late '90s were a really bad time for people trying to be rock stars, you know what I mean? It seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/the-late-90s-were-a-really-bad-time-for-people-trying-to-be-rock/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/ben-gibbard-7584_ambition_the-late-90s-were-a-really-bad-time-for_1734898.jpg) > [My technique is laughable at times. I have developed a style of my own, I suppose, which creeps around. I don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/my-technique-is-laughable-at-times-i-have-developed-a-style-of-my-own/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/david-gilmour-3970_creeps_my-technique-is-laughable-at-times-i-hav_1969375.jpg) > [Everything had shattered. The fact that it was all still there — the walls and the chairs and the children’s pictures on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everything-had-shattered-the-fact-that-it-was-all-still-there-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/anonymous-1_appearance_everything-had-shattered-the-fact-that-i_1892557.jpg) > [I was just at the newly opened Creationist Museum in Kentucky… And they have this exhibit of a giant dinosaur...with a saddle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/i-was-just-at-the-newly-opened-creationist-museum-in-kentucky-and/) [Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/bill-maher-211_age_i-was-just-at-the-newly-opened-creationi_466383.jpg) > [To me, the human move to take responsibility for the living Earth is laughable - the rhetoric of the powerless. The planet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-margulis/to-me-the-human-move-to-take-responsibility-for-the-living-earth-is/) [Lynn Margulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-margulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/lynn-margulis-17073_capacity_to-me-the-human-move-to-take-responsibil_2044675.png) > [Imagine a room awash in gasoline, and there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine thousand matches.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/imagine-a-room-awash-in-gasoline-and-there-are-two-implacable-enemies/) [Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/carl-sagan-160_amount_imagine-a-room-awash-in-gasoline-and-the_3009416.jpg) > [It's malarkey. When you tell people that the roof crushing in on your head is not the cause of injury, it's your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-claybrook/it-s-malarkey-when-you-tell-people-that-the-roof-crushing-in-on-your/) [Joan Claybrook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-claybrook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/joan-claybrook-84322_causes_it-s-malarkey-when-you-tell-people-that_419226.jpg) > [As long as American liberals are going to keep announcing that they're embarrassed for their country, how about being embarrassed by our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/as-long-as-american-liberals-are-going-to-keep-announcing-that-they/) [Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/ann-coulter-469_announcing_as-long-as-american-liberals-are-going-t_2354636.png) > [Lying contains the same hostile elements as a practical joke in that the 'victim' ends up looking foolish in his own eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-grafton/lying-contains-the-same-hostile-elements-as-a-practical-joke-in-that/) [Sue Grafton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-grafton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/sue-grafton-1640_elements_lying-contains-the-same-hostile-elements_992270.jpg) > [Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favorite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek, is your mouth a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chet-baker/your-looks-are-laughable-unphotographable-yet-you-re-my-favorite-work/) [Chet Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chet-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/chet-baker-33103_art_your-looks-are-laughable-unphotographabl_998891.png) > [I don't want to paint myself as some kind of saint - that would be laughable - but I do think I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-draper/i-don-t-want-to-paint-myself-as-some-kind-of-saint-that-would-be/) [Robert Draper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-draper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/robert-draper-48713_able_i-don-t-want-to-paint-myself-as-some-kin_2967404.jpg) > [“However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity. So, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/however-a-good-laugh-is-a-mighty-good-thing-and-rather-too-scarce-a/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/herman-melville-162_good-laugh_however-a-good-laugh-is-a-mighty-good-th_1007697.jpg) > [The thing I was beginning to figure out about Sam and Grace, the thing about Sam not being able to function without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/the-thing-i-was-beginning-to-figure-out-about-sam-and-grace-the-thing/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/maggie-stiefvater-76_able_the-thing-i-was-beginning-to-figure-out_3141765.png) > [Let us fill a cup and drink to that most noble, ridiculous, laughable, sublime figure in our lives... The Young Man Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-wouk/let-us-fill-a-cup-and-drink-to-that-most-noble-ridiculous-laughable/) [Herman Wouk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-wouk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/herman-wouk-7342_appetite_let-us-fill-a-cup-and-drink-to-that-most_2248932.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/laughable/#itemlist", "name": "Laughable Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of my most laughable moments was when we visited the monkeys in Ubud - they really seemed to like me and at one point, I had three males on my head and shoulders.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carolyn Murphy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-murphy/one-of-my-most-laughable-moments-was-when-we-visited-the-monkeys-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/carolyn-murphy-19779_had_one-of-my-most-laughable-moments-was-whe_3182780.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/carolyn-murphy-19779_had_one-of-my-most-laughable-moments-was-whe_3182780.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/carolyn-murphy-19779_had_one-of-my-most-laughable-moments-was-whe_3182780.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of my most laughable moments was when we visited the monkeys in Ubud - they really seemed to like me and…” — Carolyn Murphy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The truth is that we all have lives that are complicated. 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