Quotes About Laughter

I vill now destroy de Snickuhs bahrs!" Gazzy barked. Then the five of us were laughing—literally in the face of death.

Don't let anyone discourage you, Jimmy said Maxine. Not even the inanimate objects on your walls, added Rafe. Were they really laughing at you, man? Yup, I said, tapping my temple. In my imagination. Whoa. That's where they're loudest.

You may not know this, but it's an accepted fact that no room is completely done until furnished with a child's giggle.

Um, hi." I finally squeak out a few words. "The other day at school, we had this substitute teacher. Very tough. Sort of like Mrs. Darth Vader. Had the heavy breathing, the deep voice. During roll call, she said, 'Are you chewing gum, young man?' And I said, 'No, I'm Jamie Grimm.' " I wait (for what seems like hours) and, yes, the audience kind of chuckles. It's not a huge laugh, but it's a start. Okay.

He's even funnier than that sit-down/stand-up comedian kid I heard about, Jamie Grimm.

each other and laughed.

like for them to say, he took a few cups of love, he took one tablespoon of patience, one teaspoon of generosity, one pint of kindness. He took one quart of laughter, one pinch of concern, and then he mixed willingness with happiness, he added lots of faith, and he stirred it up well. Then he spread it over a span of a lifetime, and he served it to each and every deserving person he met.

All I'm saying is that laughing is healthy. A lot healthier than getting socked in the stomach.

So, how do you make a tissue dance?" I cringe a bit. "Put a little boogey in it?

laughed as hard as I did—harder sometimes. I kept sneaking glances at her: shoulders shaking, handkerchief pressed to her mouth. I was happy she was having such a good time. I was no author, no satirist, no raconteur, but I did know that the humor of this man Clemens was different. Besides being funny, every word he spoke was the absolute truth.

Remember when that huge, homeless, toothless man you brought in hugged you?" Maeve said with a hard laugh. "What did he say? 'You ain't like those other jive turkeys, man. You care.'" "No," I said, laughing with her now. "He said, 'Man, you're the nicest damn honky I ever met.

Her lover was, of all things, a Turkish physics professor at Mount Saint Mary College, a diminutive, balding man in his fifties who sounded and even looked sort of like the Count from Sesame Street. Even now, McDonald sometimes closed his eyes to see the Muppet laughing at him. "I slept with your wife one, two, three, four times. Ah-ha-hah!

You funny!" howled Nikita. "No," I said. "That's an entirely different book series starring Jamie Grimm. He funny. We Kidds. We treasure hunters.

Now, I don't know if you can appreciate this without actually knowing her, but getting Mrs. Stricker to laugh is like getting an octopus to stand up on two legs.

fact, the two of them were having a great old time talking about cheeseburgers

I am a positive person. I am not cynical. If you are born in this world, no matter who you are, negative things will happen. If you aren't positive as a person, you'll be very unhappy. It's extremely important to be positive, to laugh, to be happy, to accept life as it comes.

The terror dementia sufferers must feel is unimaginable, but the techniques they use to hide their difficulties - the ducking and diving and keeping the world laughing - are perfectly understandable.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

I just love comedy, and I honestly believe that laughter transcends everything. If everyone laughed together, laughed more, it would unite the world in peace.

There's something really special, and addictive, about making that connection with an audience - knowing that they may never have seen you before, and may never see you again, but that for those moments you've been able to unite them all in laughter, and provide the escape that lies in that involuntary response.

Comedy unites, it doesn't divide!

We're all funny. Humor unites us.

The truths are universal: Every kid knows fear. Every kid knows family and friendship. Loss, love, laughter. Everything else is just detail.

Because I'm around comedians all the time, in my downtime I tend not to watch comedy. Something the whole family enjoys is 'You've Been Framed!' It satisfies all of us. It's universal, and we all laugh a lot.