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Quotes About Laughter

I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.
~ Rainn Wilson
One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor.
~ Ralph Fiennes
Earth laughs in flowers.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Earth laughs in flower
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and much to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others to leave the world a little better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The earth laughs in flowers.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
advice: "In general, don't hide your disasters. We're not going to take the money back." He says this lightly, as if delivering a joke, but it is reassuring for the founders to hear. They laugh, perhaps with a touch of relief.
~ Randall E. Stross
Please say that my line is to make to smile the lunatic who has shown no sign of mirth for many months.
~ Randolph Caldecott
Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
~ Randy Pausch
Let us have no more suicide from weariness, which comes like a final sacrifice crowning all those that have gone before. Better one last laugh à la Cravan, or one last song à la Ravachol.
~ Raoul Vaneigem
Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.
~ Rashida Jones
Everyone loves a comedy, my dear. It is divine.
~ Rawi Hage
May God grant us the grace to laugh at ourselves.
~ Ray Blackston
Ten thousand times a million sons of sons move Through one great and towering town Wearing their wits, which means their laughter, As their crown. Set free upon the earth By simple gifts of knowing how mere mirth can cut the bonds And pull the blood spikes out; Their conversation shouts of "Fool!"
~ Ray Douglas Bradbury
That so much time was wasted in this pain. Ten thousand years ago he might have let off down To not return again! A dreadful laugh at last escapes his lips; The laughter sets him free. A Fool lives in the Universe! he cries. The Fool is me! And with one final shake of laughter Breaks his bonds. The nails fall skittering to marble floors. And Christ, knelt at the rail, sees miracle As Man steps down in amiable wisdom To give himself what no one else can give: His liberty.
~ Ray Douglas Bradbury
Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up.
~ Ray Romano
Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.
~ Ray Stevenson
But he stays by the window, remembering that life. They had laughed. They had leaned on each other and laughed until the tears had come, while everything else—the cold and where he'd go in it—was outside, for a while anyway.
~ Raymond Carver
A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.
~ Raymond Hitchcock
J'entends rire les morts quand on parle de dieux.
~ Raymond Schwab
Em breve, o sociólogo e o historiador, eles também filhos da Formalidade, esquecerão o riso ácido, a zombaria sutil, o humor que sente os pólos em confronto. Então o mundo volverá à solenidade, à gravidade, irremediavelmente mergulhado no lado do qual extrairá as regras, as normas e as leis de conduta
~ Raymundo Faoro
I really love the camaraderie you can share amongst some buddies, and the ability to laugh, enjoy the afternoon, enjoy the day. Golf brings all of that together and that's something I really enjoy.
~ Michael Waltrip