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Quotes About Laughter

Laughter too depends upon memory—a memory of previous laughter. Dr.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
And I like your laugh, Sabbath; it's inaudible.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
because the Legs wasn't fearful of heights or swimming in rough water or Death itself she wasn't afraid to risk making a fool of herself. Maybe you think that's something of no consequence but it isn't - for making a fool of yourself, offering yourself to others to laugh at, to jeer, that takes guts.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
She realizes: the man's power is to intimidate, to make you ashamed. But your power over him is the power of laughter.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
Why is the misery of a child so hilarious to other children?
~ Joyce Carol Oates
The effect of laughter on the body is immediate. Laughing actually lowers blood pressure, reduces stress hormones, and increases muscle flexion. • Laughter increases your resistance to infections. • Laughter also triggers the release of endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, and produces a general sense of well-being.
~ Joyce Meyer
There's very little work where the work and the reward are simultaneous, and comedy is that.
~ Judd Apatow
Marc: Why are we so afraid of joy? Judd: That's the question. And I've thought about it a lot, and I think it's because we think right behind joy is a knife that will cut our throat if we really feel it. It's almost like a laugh—your chin goes up and your throat is exposed. If I laugh too loud, someone will slit my throat. That's the terror of joy.
~ Judd Apatow
Jerry: I think anyone should do whatever they like. I don't think there should be any rules. Judd: As long as it gets laughs? Jerry: If it doesn't get laughs, you're not gonna get work, and you're not gonna be a comedian. So the audience ultimately decides. It's a very democratic system.
~ Judd Apatow
grinned. "If I'm driving, we can.
~ Jude Watson
She did come from a family of bards, Jake," Atticus said. "Beards?" Dan asked. "Bards," Atticus said with a snort of laughter. "Poets. The learned scholars of Ireland." "I bet they had beards, though," Dan said, and Atticus laughed and threw an eraser at him.
~ Jude Watson
Life was wonderful, so filled with people and activities, with love and laughter.
~ Judith McNaught
I'm familiar with the myth, I'm merely surprised that a female would be familiar with the classics. You must have a very limited experience with my sex, Alexandra said, surprised. My grandfather said most women are every bit as intelligent as men. She saw his eyes take on the sudden gleam of suppressed laughter and assumed, mistakenly, that he was amused by her assessment of female intelligence rather than her remark about his inexperience with women.
~ Judith McNaught
In the middle of his rapid-fire dictatioin he said softly, without pausing, When the sun is on your hair, it shines like spun gold, and launched back into his letter. Lauren, who had inadvertently taken half of the compliment down in shorthand, gave him a killing glance, and he chuckled.
~ Judith McNaught
And," Jenny continued, "is it not said he's as black as sin with only a white star on his forehead for a marking?" "Aye?' "And does this horse have such a star?" Brenna looked round and then nodded. "Brenna," Jenny said, laughing softly, "I've stolen the black Wolfs mighty Thor!" The animal's ears flickered at the sound of his name, and Brenna forgot her worries and burst out laughing.
~ Judith McNaught
birthday party.
~ Judy Blume
Jennie had a big smile on her face. Next thing I knew there was a puddle on
~ Judy Blume
Yet," Fudge said. Then he took off again, laughing like a lunatic.
~ Judy Blume
Porque la risa es una función esencial de nuestra naturaleza. ¿Cómo soportar la vida si no podemos reír, al menos en los intervalos entre nuestros dolores?
~ Jules Michelet
For some reason, people find me funny. It's quite hard to define why a thought is funny. It's even harder to define why a person would be funny. It's a word that I can't define at all. But whether I know quite what it is or not, I seem to be it.
~ Wallace Shawn
From Secret Man The man of autumn, Behind its melancholy mask, Will laugh in the brown grass, Will shout from the tower's rim.
~ Wallace Stevens
Laughter is America's most important export.
~ Walt Disney
My foothold is tenon'd and mortis'd in granite,I laugh at what you call dissolution,And I know the amplitude of time.
~ Walt Whitman
Rumo!" said Rumo. "That's right!" Smyke exclaimed. "You Rumo, me Smyke." "You Rumo, me Smyke." Rumo repeated eagerly. "No, no." Smyke chuckled.
~ Walter Moers