Applause Quote by Robert Orben

One thing that I have noticed is that whatever be the function, however poignant or serious, the audience always prefers a speech laced with…

— Balachandra Menon

Humor is the secret into the audience's other ranges of emotions.

— Kevin Feige

To me, humor is part of a conversation with an audience.

— Scott Avett

I'm much more interested in making people laugh than getting applause breaks.

— Jim Gaffigan

Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech

— Mahatma Gandhi

Audience laughter, when it's deserved, acts as a sort of fairy dust that makes funny moments not just funny, but joyous.

— Graham Linehan

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

— Carol Channing

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience…

— James Thurber

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to…

— Lydia Lunch

I think humor is such a personal thing, and you put a microphone in somebody's face, they're going to say something that offends somebody.

— Jane Lynch

You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are…

— Tommy Lee Jones

Humour is completed by an audience.

— Matthew Warchus