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Quotes About Laughter

She thought of Chacko's laugh, and a smile stayed in her eyes for a long time.
~ Arundhati Roy
I laughed and dismissed the idea.
~ Atul Gawande
see me now your severed daughter laughing our name into echo all the world shall remember
~ Audre Lorde
I might have never learned to cry if it weren't for my grandfather, Uncle Hob says. I might have never learned to cry. Which means I might never have known really what it is to pray or to laugh down deep in my belly or to tell you aunt Patty how much I love her.
~ Audrey Couloumbis
When Ben came back to me, he said, Why are you laying with your face in the sand? I made sure all the laughter was out of me before I rolled over. I think it helps sunburn. I said.
~ Audrey Couloumbis
His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade
~ Augusten Burroughs
look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it
~ Augusten Burroughs
His laugh is made of porch swings and lemonade.
~ Augusten Burroughs
I slipped on a turtleneck, laughing when my head became stuck in the turtle part. If they weren't called turtlenecks, I wouldn't have worn them.
~ Augusten Burroughs
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it. —Jules Renard, 1890
~ Augusten Burroughs
We're all going to die eventually so why not have some fun.
~ Augusten Burroughs
The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.
~ Ava Gardner
One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor.
~ Ayn Rand
And suddenly, for the first time this day, we remembered that we are the damned. We remembered it, and we laughed.
~ Ayn Rand
There were sharp little blows in the music, and waves of quick, fine notes that burst and rolled like the thin, clear ringing of broken glass. There were slow notes, as if the cords of the violins trembled in hesitation, tense with the fullness of sound, taking a few measured steps before the leap into the explosion of laughter.
~ Ayn Rand
And because she worshipped joy, Kira seldom laughed and did not go to see comedies in theaters. And because she felt a profound rebellion against the weighty, the tragic, the solemn, Kira had a solemn reverence for those songs of defiant gaiety.
~ Ayn Rand
The capacity for unclouded enjoyment, she thought, does not belong to irresponsible fools; an inviolate peace of spirit is not the achievement of a drifter; to be able to laugh like that is the end result of the most profound, most solemn thinking.
~ Ayn Rand
Only one hand went up. "Well, it looks like we've got one honest person in our group!" she said. And then continued, "Maybe you'll like this next question better. How many here think other people are afraid of change?" Practically everyone raised their hands. Then they all started laughing.
~ Spencer Johnson
She said, "I'm curious. How many here are afraid of change?" No one responded so she suggested, "How about a show of hands?" Only one hand went up. "Well, it looks like we've got one honest person in our group!" she said. And then continued, "Maybe you'll like this next question better. How many here think other people are afraid of change?" Practically everyone raised their hands. Then they all started laughing.
~ Spencer Johnson
As Haw prepared to leave, he started to feel more alive, knowing that he was finally able to laugh at himself, let go and move on. Haw laughed and announced, "It's ... Maze ... time!" Hem
~ Spencer Johnson
forma más rápida de cambiar consistía en reírse de la propia estupidez, pues sólo así puede uno desprenderse de ella y seguir rápidamente su camino.
~ Spencer Johnson
He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly—then you can let go and quickly move on.
~ Spencer Johnson
Advirtió que la manera más rápida de cambiar es reírse de la propia estupidez. Después de hacerlo, uno ya es libre y puede seguir avanzando.
~ Spencer Johnson
If man had more of a sense of humour, things might have turned out differently.
~ Stanis?aw Lem