Laughter Quotes

2173 Laughter quotes by 1292 unique authors

I am not a historian. I happen to think that the content of my mother's life - her myths, her superstitions, her prayers, the contents… — August Wilson
What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half the… — Alan Ayckbourn
Mr. Jamrach led me through the lobby and into the menagerie. The first was a parrot room, a fearsome screaming place of mad round eyes,… — Carol Birch
Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Within each of us there is an intense need to feel that we belong. This feeling of unity and togetherness comes through the warmth of… — William R. Bradford
I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage. — Bob Newhart
Tears and laughter, they are so much Gaelic to me. — Samuel Beckett
There is no peace in South Africa. There is no peace because there is no justice. There can be no real peace and security until… — Desmond Tutu
Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. And by… — Hippocrates
Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. It is unrelenting; the news, the stock-exchange reports, and the weather… — Jean Baudrillard
The intimate relation between humor and faith is derived from the fact that both deal with the incongruities of our existence. Laughter is our reaction… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Wherever I am, there is joy and laughter! — Louise Hay
Laughter brings the swelling down on our national psyche. — Stephen Colbert
Oh, my dear Kepler, how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at Padua, is the principal professor of philosophy, whom… — Galileo Galilei
Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans are descended from… — Guus Kuijer
... half the world starves. What a planet. And the eating, if you're lucky enough to do any. Stuffing pieces of dead animals into a… — Iris Murdoch
The foundation of youth [for me]...lots of water, lots of laughter, lots of sex. — Cameron Diaz
There is nothing better than giving up everything and stepping into a passionate love relationship with God, the God of the universe who made galaxies,… — Francis Chan
Cold Mountain Buddhas Han Shan Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Wish I could take your tears and replace them with laughter. — Lowkey
There is no laughter except that it is eventually followed up with weeping. — Ibn Sirin
There is nothing wrong with anger. Anger is a beautiful emotion, as valid and rich as joy or laughter. But you have been taught to… — Leonard Jacobson
It is an extraordinary and beautiful thing that God, in creation. . . works with the beauty of matter; the reality of things; the discoveries… — Madeleine L'Engle
Wasn't marriage, like life, unstimulating and unprofitable and somewhat empty when too well ordered and protected and guarded. Wasn't it finer, more splendid, more nourishing,… — Edna Ferber
The old idea that the joke was not good enough for the company has been superseded by the new aristocratic idea that the company was… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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