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Quotes About Laughter

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
~ Charlie Chaplin
In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance: we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature - or go insane
~ Charlie Chaplin
Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.
~ Charlie Chaplin
Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn't Give Pain To Anybody
~ Charlie Chaplin
A day without laughing is a day wasted.
~ Charlie Chaplin
we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature – or go insane.
~ Charlie Chaplin
Ein Tag ohne ein Lachen ist ein verlorener Tag!
~ Charlie Chaplin
My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.
~ Charlie Chaplin
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.
~ Charlie Chaplin
In the end, everything is a gag.
~ Charlie Chaplin
He's also a dick,' said Achilleus to a scattering of laughter. Maxie saw that even Nicola was trying to hide a smile.
~ Charlie Higson
I just miss him, is all. He used to make me laugh, nothing else did.
~ Charlie Higson
There is no point and that there doesn't have to be a point. We don't need a reason. As long as it's fun.
~ Charlie Todd
Their past is my present, and when I look at them I can hear their voices quite clearly, just the way they were, every one of them, every single one. I love the sound of children's voices, especially in the early morning, the sound of their half-whispered chatter and their secret laughter.
~ Charlotte Bingham
John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.
~ Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Laugh loudly, laugh often, and most important, laugh at yourself.
~ Chelsea Handler
The health benefits, both mental and physical, of humor are well documented. A good laugh can diffuse tension, relieve stress, and release endorphins into your system, which act as a natural mood elevator. In Norman Cousin's book, Anatomy of an Illness, Cousin's describes the regimen he followed to overcome a serious debilitating disease he was suffering from. It included large doses of laughter and humor. Published in 1976, his book has been widely accepted by the medical community.
~ Cherie Carter-Scott
We'll fix that," May declared. Libby giggled at her. "What? I totally mean it." "I know. That's not what's funny: Your accent came back hard-core." "Shut up! No, it didn't," May giggled back.
~ Cherie Priest
I was a little shocked at how adult some of the humor was, because I was never that into animation before and when I watched 'Shrek' I really laughed out loud.
~ Cheryl Hines
Be brave. Write what's true for you. Write what you think. What about what confuses you and compels you. Write about the crazy, hard, and beautiful. Write what scares you. Write what makes you laugh and write what makes you weep. What what makes you feel ashamed or proud. Writing is risk and revelation. There's no need to show up at the party if you're only going to stand around with your hands in your pockets and stare at the drapes.
~ Cheryl Strayed
Indiana was really, I suppose, a Democratic State. It has always been put down in the book as a state that might be carried by a close and careful and perfect organization and a great deal of [from audience: soap, in reference to purchased votes, the word being followed by laughter]. I see reporters here, and therefore I will simply say that everybody showed a great deal of interest in the occasion, and distributed tracts and political documents all through the country.
~ Chester A. Arthur
Marie Snyder's dead, and here you are laughin' about it." "We're all gonna be dead sooner or later," Eddie said. "Maybe it ain't funny, but it ain't no great tragedy neither.
~ Chet Williamson
Good thing he changed it," Jerry mused. "Who could take a vampire named Will Walwoi seriously?" "Jerry … !" "Will Walwoi, Prince of Darkness! Curse of Will Walwoi! Will Walwoi Meets the Wolfman! Abbott and Costello Meet Will Walwoi!" Jerry began to laugh. "Can you imagine Bela Lugosi saying, 'Good eeevening. I am Will Walwoi!
~ Chet Williamson
Lucas remembered a sweltering August afternoon when he and Burt had bellowed laughter at a trade article detailing Kroeger's "meteoric rise" to prosperity. "I thought meteors fell down, not up.
~ Chet Williamson