Defense Quote by George Carlin

No one is more himself than the moment when he's laughing at a joke. It's at those moments that people's defenses go down, and…

— George Carlin

People have their guard down when they're laughing, so they're open to tougher conversations they wouldn't necessarily have. If somebody is guarded while laughing,…

— Jessica Williams

When somebody listens and laughs, you're always in better shape than when you're with those folks who just kind of look at you when…

— Jason Sudeikis

Laughter is one of the great beacons in life because we don't refract it by gunning it through our intellectual prism. What makes us…

— Dennis Miller

Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.

— Yogi Berra

I don't like laughing at people unless they're in a privileged position or if they're in authority. If it's poor people or people who…

— Taika Waititi

I love seeing somebody act real earnest and serious, like Jackie Gleason. He makes me laugh because he reflects back to me my own…

— Jeff Bridges

I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time…

— Twyla Tharp

Very few have the talent to make others laugh without being laughed at.

— M. S. Narayana

When we laugh we temporarily give ourselves over to the person who makes us laugh.

— Robert Orben

Even in the face of tragedy, human beings need to find a way to laugh. It's normal. It's life.

— Jordan Gavaris

There is always something to chuckle about. Sometimes we see it. Sometimes … we don't. Still, the world is filled with humor. It is…

— Allen Klein