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Quotes About Laughter

I live in a constant endeavour to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and other evils of life, by mirth; being firmly persuaded that every time a man smiles,—but much more so, when he laughs, it adds something to this Fragment of Life.
~ Laurence Sterne
Okay, now you're starting to scare me, Wes says. No, scary is the way people can alter their voices on cue. Like your imitation of that creepy guy who lives at your house. You mean my dad? he laughs.
~ Laurie Faria Stolarz
Sounds like you've got it all planned out. Honey, I've got more plans than Wes has ugly shoes. And that's a lot. I laugh. It sure is, she says with a sigh.
~ Laurie Faria Stolarz
There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays.
~ Laurie Halse Anderson
The stars folded themselves away as the sun peeked above the horizon and cracked open the sky and I kissed him and we laughed and it was good.
~ Laurie Halse Anderson
There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if we could rent one for the holidays.
~ Laurie Halse Anderson
What do you believe? You never say anything. At the most you sometimes laugh.
~ Lawrence Durrell
When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don't feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
~ Lily Tomlin
The funniest people are the saddest once
~ Confucius
The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.
~ Khalil Gibran
Laugh, and the world laughs with you: Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
It's hard to be sad when you're laughing, so I enjoy making people happy.
~ Tim Conway
What a sad business is being funny!
~ Charlie Chaplin
All great humorists are sad... I cannot help seeing beyond the tinsel of humour, and recognising the pitiful basis of jest - the world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.
~ H. P. Lovecraft
... a nation without humor is not only sad but dangerous.
~ Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
~ Olivia Holt
It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.
~ Tony Hancock
A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.
~ William Shakespeare
That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.
~ Isobelle Carmody, Greylands
I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Death is sad, yes, but there are some great laughs you can find there.
~ Laurel Nakadate
There's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than, the tears of a clown when noones around.
~ Smokey Robinson
The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.
~ Stephen Chbosky
Life is sad enough, Magir. Laughter is a thing to be treasured.
~ David Gemmell