Involuntary Quote by Robert Benchley

There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.

— Twyla Tharp

Laughter is a strange response. I mean, what is it? It's a spasm of some kind! Is that always joy? It's very often discomfort.…

— Madeline Kahn

Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.

— Ambrose Bierce

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh.

— Tom Lehrer

Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great expectations.

— Norman Cousins

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

— Yogi Berra

Laughter would appear to be a physical reflex, although even if it is, this still leaves unanswered the question of why the human response…

— Steve Allen

Laughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.

— Max Eastman

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature, and is purifying only in so far as there is a natural and unschooled goodness…

— Agnes Repplier

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

— Josh Billings

Laughter causes the body to respond in a way similar to physical exercise, burns calories and speeds up metabolism.

— Anonymous

Laughter is the sound of happiness flowing out to lift you up.

— Alberta Peedoodle