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Quotes About Laughter

Sometimes it's cool to have banter with the audience. Occasionally, somebody will say something, and I'll say something right back, and everybody laughs, and it's funny.
~ Sebastian Maniscalco
It's probably a generalisation to say this, but occasionally I'll see a bloke who laughs only after he's checked his girlfriend did. I tend to imagine that's a rocky relationship, to be fair.
~ Sarah Millican
Now, remember: they're not for eating, but for listening, because you'll often be hungry for sounds as well as food. Here are street noises at night, train whistles from a long way off, dry leaves burning, busy department stores, crunching toast, creaking bed springs, and of course, all kinds of laughter. There's a little of each, and in far off, lonely places, I think you will be glad to have them.
~ Norton Juster
And so long as I can laugh never will I be poor.
~ Og Mandino
The Scroll Marked VII I will laugh at the world.
~ Og Mandino
Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand. You have a choice. Enjoy yourself.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Happiness is laughing together...
~ Orhan Pamuk
A man could be at the coffee-house every evening laughing and playing cards with his friends, he could have so much fun with his classmates that there is never a moment they arent´t exploding into laughter, he could spend every hour of the day chatting with his intimates, but if that man has been abandoned by God, he´d still be the loneliest man on earth.
~ Orhan Pamuk
You must be joking! What exactly could they be laughing about?" "Well, I didn't hear it directly, of course. Kenan told Füsun. And she told me…. And she was quite upset, too. Apparently it's general knowledge at Satsat that every night at quitting time, you and Sibel would meet there for a romp on the divan in the corner office. This is what all the snickering was about." "What's happened now?
~ Orhan Pamuk
Fun is the cheapest and best medicine in the world for your children as well as for yourself. Give it to them in good large doses. It will not only save you doctors' bills, but it will also help to make your children happier, and will improve their chances in life.
~ Orison Swett Marden
Everything we do means something, Ender realized. Them laughing. Me not laughing. He toyed with the idea of trying to be like the other boys. But he couldn't think of any jokes, and none of theirs seemed funny. Wherever their laughter came from, Ender couldn't find such a place in himself.
~ Orson Scott Card
So what do we do now?" asked Alai. "The bugger war's over, and so's the war down there on Earth, and even the war here. What do we do now?" "We're kids," said Petra. "They'll probably make us go to school. It's a law. You have to go to school till you're seventeen." They all laughed at that.
~ Orson Scott Card
Unless he's really clever," said Theresa. "Smarter than us?" said Peter. He and John Paul looked at each other. Then both of them shook their heads, said, "Naw," and then burst out laughing.
~ Orson Scott Card
It's laugh or cry, said Rigg. Cry then. Give the old man his due.
~ Orson Scott Card
Ender laughed and shook his head. 'You're actually having fun, Val' 'I can't think why I shouldn't.
~ Orson Scott Card
Tudo o que fazemos tem um significado, Ender concluiu. Eles rirem. Eu não rir.
~ Orson Scott Card
Or maybe laughter was how they pushed painful memories out of their minds. Perhaps laughter was the only way they could keep from killing each other.
~ Orson Scott Card
Mama Squirrel laughed out loud and shook her head. "I swear I don't know why Margaret Larner would marry such a one as you." "It was an act of faith," said Alvin.
~ Orson Scott Card
Abra said nothing at all. He didn't even wink at Po. He just kept his face exactly as blank as Po's. It was the Mayan way of laughing at somebody right in front of them, without being rude or starting a fight.
~ Orson Scott Card
And they apologized again. Back to business. Back to respect. And Ender realized that in their laughter, in their friendship, it had not occurred to them that he could have been included.
~ Orson Scott Card
Wherever their laughter came from, Ender couldn't find such a place in himself.
~ Orson Scott Card
Does this feel like heaven? She asked. He laughed, and not nicely. Well, then, you can't be dead. You forget, he said. This could easily be hell.
~ Orson Scott Card
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.
~ Oscar Wilde