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Quotes About Laughter

Perhaps we are wiser when we are young, though the philosopher would dispute with me. But I swear to you, we were friends from that moment onward; and that moment of foolish laughter was a bond stronger than anything that came between us later —victories or defeats, loyalties or betrayals, griefs or joys. But the days of youth go, and part of us goes with them, not to return.
~ John Williams
Ha, now he's even more appealing," Nimue laughed.
~ John Zakour
We laughed, then Keir took my hand. "I've something to show Lara down by the river. We will return." Marcus put his hands on his hips. "None of that, now. There's a celebration to start, and no time for 'showing' her—" Keir cut him off, as I blushed. "We'll be back in time." Marcus gave him an evil smile. "I'll have the first meats waiting." Keir grimaced, and grabbed my hand. "Come, Lara.
~ Elizabeth Vaughan
So, Iften is of the Pig. That explains a lot." Keir's head jerked up, and he laughed out loud.
~ Elizabeth Vaughan
How they had dreamed together, he and she... how they had planned, and laughed, and loved. They had lived for a while in the very heart of poetry.
~ Elizabeth von Arnim
She gave me a dirty look. Then she broke into the bubbly champagne laugh. She turned and ran, limping but steady. She laughed over her shoulder, letting out the line as I held the kite above my head. "Run with me, Rose," she cried.
~ Elizabeth Wein
Ró?a laughed until she broke off choking. 'Oh, so now that I've got a decent coat I'm supposed to stay in the plane with the crazy taran pilots!' 'Oh, Ró?yczka.' I sighed, too. I didn't know how to explain to her that she could stop fighting now. Or stop fighting us , anyway.
~ Elizabeth Wein
Samuel George looked closely at the freed Negro facing him and he thought that though the man had the look of being familiar with time he bore none of the marks that time could leave. He was well built and well muscled, carrying his head high. There was gray in his hair, but his face was furrowed more by laughter than by years.
~ Elizabeth Yates
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
laugh and the world laughs with you. weep and weep alone
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
I'm so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
~ Ellen DeGeneres
I wonder what will happen if i put a hand cream on my feet, will they get confused and start clapping?
~ Ellen DeGeneres
You never know what funny can do.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
There are "well-known secrets" out there and there are people who are "so happy they could die." Sometimes people are so sad they have to laugh and sometimes things feel so wrong, they're right. Basically what I'm saying is, I usually don't know what people are talking about.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Knock, knock… Who's there?… Little endorphin… Little endorphin who?… Little endorphin Annie." And then the endorphins laugh, and then you laugh. See? It's science.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
You're never too old to play. You're only too old for low-rise jeans.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if people are passing you on the street saying, "I can't tell if that person is laughing or crying, but either way they seem crazy, let's walk faster." Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Instead I invite you to consider why you laughed at a joke the last time you did. If the punch line made you realize that the story could be understood in a way other than how you first heard it, you have experienced a moment of mindfulness.
~ Ellen J. Langer
more than once, and even her dad had mentioned it, laughingly. "That's
~ Ellen Miles