Books Quote by James A. Michener

Reverend Hale is so interesting because at first he's like, "Oh, she's got the mark." Then by the end he's like, "You're all crazy."

— Winona Ryder

“For, ultimately, isn't all laughter only the echo of an original revolt against the almighty: a never-ending scream against the absurdity of our exile…

— D.P. Watt

“Laughter is a gift from God. When we refuse to accept it, it makes Him want to take it back. Like the unicorns.”

— John Acuff

“When he came home that night he was in a very somber mood, having begun to see at last how those might be right…

— Upton Sinclair

“May God grant us the grace to laugh at ourselves.”

— Ray Blackston

“If there’s a vote taken as to which aspect of God I treasure the most, I’d say laughing.”

— Art Hochberg

“He who understands philosophy understands laughter. That mysterious Word at the beginning, mentioned in the Bible, is a divine guffaw.”

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

“... the preacher speaks both the word of tragedy and the word of comedy because they are both of them the truth and because…

— Frederick Buechner

“Men can laugh God out of schools, out of books, and even out of their lives, but man cannot laugh Him out of his…

— Dan DeHaan

“The reverend insists we occupy the first pew. He rang us up not long ago, tipsy-- he's a tippler-- saying that our faces brought…

— David Sedaris

“Gentlemen, why do you not laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me day and night, if I did not laugh, I should…

— Abraham Lincoln

“And so, since then, I've been preaching. Moreover...I love those who laugh at me even more than the rest. Why, I don't know...but so…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky