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Quotes About Laughter

Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn, and laughter.
~ William Hazlitt
Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) - neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.
~ William Hazlitt
El hombre es el único animal que ríe y llora; porque él es el único que conoce la diferencia entre las cosas que son y las que debieran ser.
~ William Hazlitt
One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.
~ William James
Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.
~ William James
Life is made up of danger and heartbreak, I laugh in the face of both!
~ William Joyce
When a tree's leaves wave slightly or when you hear consistent creaking and groaning of limbs and there is no wind, chances are you are being laughed at by a tree. They may find your clothes ridiculous. Your hiking skills clumsy. Or your yodeling off-key. It is not cruel or teasing laughter. They are simply amused.
~ William Joyce
A good laugh is sunshine in a house
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
God laughs at people like us.
~ David Byrne
I found myself very lost after 'The Partridge Family ' and I lost my dad and I lost my manager, and I lived in a bubble, and it took me 15 years to get through that and a lot of psychotherapy, and I'm laughing about it now!
~ David Cassidy
If you can't do anything about it, laugh like hell.
~ David Cook
I have always tried to use humor to "help ever" and "hurt never," for I find that to laugh is like swallowing a secret that Santa Claus farted.
~ David Cross
I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.
~ David Duchovny
I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying." - Prince Kheldar of Drasnia
~ David Eddings
Je pense à Iris qui fut importante tout de même, à Emilie aussi, à Céline bien sûr, et puis d'autres prénoms dans d'autres pénombres, mais c'est Alice, toujours Alice qui est là, immuable, avec encore des rires au-dessus de nos têtes, comme si le premier amour était une condamnation à perpétuité.
~ David Foenkinos
Un tempo piangevo moltissimo ed ero pieno di speranze. Oggi rido parecchio, un riso disilluso.
~ David Grossman
Of course. And you said I was one of a kind, and that if I cried 'cause of them, then you see it upside down, and it's like I'm laughing 'cause of me.
~ David Grossman
You were a laugh with some potential. Now you're but a pricey pain.
~ David Hine
Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.
~ David Hyde Pierce
I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule.
~ David Icke
The best way of removing negativity is to laugh and be joyous.
~ David Icke
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
~ David M. Ogilvy
The manager gave him a copy of the contract. From a carbon he read aloud, "'In addition said player will be permitted to convey his German shepherd dog on all road trips in his own conveyance.'" He laughed, "A clause to make baseball history. When do we see this famous dog?" "You'll meet him tonight. He'll be on the field.
~ David Malcolmson
Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment.
~ David Mamet