Quotes About Laughter

At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing.

Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.

A passport picture is a photo of a man that he can laugh at without realizing that it looks exactly the way his friends see him.

But Jesus has been depicted as a serious man. And Christians say he never laughed. Then what is the function of an Enlightened man? If Jesus cannot laugh, then who is going to laugh in this world?

All you earnest young men out to save the world. . . please, have a laugh.

What is so funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously. Laughter is the same and healthy response to the innocent foibles of men; and even to some which are not innocent.

To laugh is proper to man.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.

The man that loves and laughs must sure do well.

I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.

The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.

It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.

It is better to laugh at man from outside the universe, than to weep for him within.

Women mostly remember the men who made them laugh, and men - only the women who made them cry.

My father was the funniest man I ever met. He made Redd Foxx look like an undertaker.

In moments the whole assembly was rocking with jeering laughter as I stood ridiculously before them. My hands clenched uncontrollably; I had been prepared for any humiliation but the martyrdom of laughter.

Just these two words He spoke changed my life, "Enjoy Me" What a burden I thought I was to carry-a crucifix as did He. Love once said to me: "I know a song, would you like to hear it?" And laughter came from every brick in the street and from every pore in the sky. After a night of prayer, He changed my life when He sang "Enjoy me".

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.

I want to giggle myself to sleep each night and jump on the fluffy, comforting pillows of faith.

He who laughs last is generally the last to get the joke.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, or seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you'll get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man. —FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY

I want this on my tombstone: Here lies Terry Gilliam--RIP--'He giggled in awe.