Quotes About Laughter

I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness.

My father was always much more willing to laugh than to go to the darkness.

I'm a lot of fun on a date.

I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh continually, much to the annoyance of his wife.

'The David Letterman Show' is a show of comedy.

Larry David just makes me laugh.

Larry David makes me laugh.

In day-to-day life we are really bouncy. We like to laugh a lot.

When my father would come home from his work at the Senate and talk about the things he could talk about - because a lot of his work was top secret - he would always tell me these stories and laugh. As deadly serious as his work was, he would laugh at the absurdity of it all.

One of the great upsides about comedy is that you're dealing with really lovely, fun material.

Comedy is probably a way of dealing with anxiety. Sometimes it's a way of dealing with pain.

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.

The '80s was a great decade for comedy.

We're all basically decent human beings so if 3,000 people are laughing at a joke then it's worth telling.

The two worst enemies of comedy are lack of sleep and not having had a decent meal.

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.

I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism.

A lot of people might define a life well lived by how much is in the bank. I feel like it's how much you laugh.

What I like to think I've done is try to teach all women and my three female daughters, to teach them to rise above stuff, to find things that move you, to bring humor and laughter to everything that you do, and to realize that no other person defines you. Find what's great about yourself, and band together as women.

I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.

One thing that's really delightful is my books tend to attract people who are funny, so I get the benefit of people writing me with things that crack me up.

I just try to deliver the laughs every time I get the opportunity.

You have to be delusional to be a comedian.

Growing up doing those Kiwanis Clubs, doing those Cub Scout banquets, doing those church shows, I learned to find that sensibility that most people could laugh at - that all ages and demographics could laugh at.