Laughter Quote by Sarah Vowell

“Lincoln grinned. “The Academy owns a number of buildings. There are walkways between them.” I couldn’t take my eyes off the sky folk. “There…

— Jessica Shirvington

“The key to Lincoln's famous employment of humor is not that he failed to appreciate the tragic aspects of human existence, but rather that…

— Elton Trueblood

“The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since being shot by Booth was to have fallen into the hands of Carl Sandburg.”

— Edmund Wilson

Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“That was laughter-a natural eruption of good humor that occurs when people are amused.”

— Carla Kelly

“I dedided it was more important to laugh than eat. - Mary Todd after choosing Lincoln over a more wealthy suitor”

— Mary Todd

“Once I heard a remark made about a certain New York television reporter to the effect that he was the type who would have…

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“It was part of his inhuman nature to laugh at things that weren’t funny, and stare grumpily when they were.”

— Nicole Castle

“The talked about their messed-up, dysfunctional families, carefully respecting boundaries, never probing too deep in any one sitting. And they always ended up laughing.…

— Andrea Kayne Kaufman

“As I remember his laugh, there was nothing mad about it, it was more like the laugh of someone who has been the victim…

— Guy Sajer

“Laughter was a ilk that would soften even the roughest moments.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“The copy editors drank cheap beer and seemed kind of bitter. About everything. But Lincoln felt at home with them. They all read too…

— Rainbow Rowell