I opened a book and in I strode. Now nobody can find me. I've left my chair, my house, my road, My… — Julia Donaldson Copy Share Image
Laughter would appear to be a physical reflex, although even if it is, this still leaves unanswered the question of why the… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
“Bill Cosby said it pretty eloquently: “Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
I hesitate to say I was the class clown, but that was kind of how I interacted with other kids in school,… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
To us investigators, the concept 'soul' is irrelevant and a matter for laughter. But matter is an abstraction of exactly the same… — Ernst Mach Copy Share Image
Everybody knows from his own experience that after laughter, good laughter, a belly laugh, you almost feel that you have taken an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To make sure that my blasphemy is thoroughly expressed, I hereby state my opinion that the notion of a god is a… — James Randi Copy Share Image
“JENNET. Twilight, double, treble, in and out! If I try to find my way I bark my brain On shadows sharp as… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression… — William Osler Copy Share Image
“The seven of us slipped onto the porch and down the deck stairs, finding lawn chairs to sit in under a giant… — Wendy Higgins Copy Share Image
“Happy as a Dog's Tail Happy as something unimportant and free as a thing unimportant. As something no one prizes and which… — Anna Świrszczyńska Copy Share Image
“In 1881, being on a visit to Boston, my wife and I found ourselves in the Parker House with the Ingersoll 's,… — Moncure Daniel Conway Copy Share Image
For many of us, work is the one place where we feel appreciated. The things that we long to experience at home… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Yes, when you see for the first time, a great laughter arises in you - the laughter about the whole ridiculousness of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
But at the same time, in reality, what a difference there is between the world today, and what it used to be!… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes you two or three seconds to get your head round a joke and laugh at it. With a snot-bubble… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“We forget that the sweetest joys are found in the simplest acts: hugs, laughter, quiet observation, basic movements, holding hands, pleasant music,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I find you in all small and lovely things; in the little fishes like flames in the green water, in the furred… — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
When you do laugh, open your mouth wide enough for the noise to get out without squealing, throw your head back as… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“Another burst of laughter from the ladies below had him opting for the rope ladder exit, thinking the angle might give him… — Donna Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Life is too hard to maintain a constantly serious outlook. You have to laugh at yourself and the world now and then―see… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Strike, with hand of fire, O weird musician, thy harp strung with Apollo's golden hair; fill the vast cathedral aisles with symphonies… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now… — Jim Dale Copy Share Image
As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“Of all the laughs that strictly speaking are not laughs, but modes of ululation, only three I think need detain us, I… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I strenuously object to the very word "grotesque" which has become hackneyed to the point of nausea...I would prefer my music to… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
I gave my artistic laugh and also threw in some quirky language for good measure. "Lawks-a-mercy, no! I'm going to have a… — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
God places us in the world as his fellow workers-agents of transfiguration. We work with God so that injustice is transfigured into… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Like most athletes, I like to go home and relax. I try not to bring the game home with me. I might… — Nick Ferguson Copy Share Image
Humour allows us to see that ultimately things don't make sense. The only thing that truly makes sense is letting go of… — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Copy Share Image
I stopped doing interviews for a long time because the words were mine, but they were in the wrong order. Context is… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
“A hippogriff flew past, trailing laughter. It came so close to Will that he could smell its scent, a pungent mixture of… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
“What if there were no punch lines? What if there were no indicators? What if I created tension and never released it?… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
What can be considered human emotions? Surely not only lyricism, sadness, tragedy? Doesn't laughter also have a claim to that lofty title?… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
An unholy church! It is useless to the world, and of no esteem among men. It is an abomination, hells laughter, heavens… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“I think it was his laugh that first attracted me… Damn, that laugh. It wasn't a guffaw but certainly more than a… — Rachel Stephens Showman, Those Ducks Look Aggressive Copy Share Image
Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day after. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
