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Quotes About Laughter

The higher the rank, the droller the prank.
~ Unknown
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
~ Voltaire
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
~ Voltaire
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
~ Unknown
Of all the things I'd ever done, making Senora laugh seemed the most important. It was, I reflected, the only thing that gave my life any purpose.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
Of all the things I'd ever done, making Senora laugh seemed the most important.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
No chickens." "Zebras?" Maggie Rose asked. Mom laughed. "Crocodiles? Anteaters? Giraffes?" Bryan guessed. All the humans in the car were laughing, so I wagged. People don't have tails to let others know they're happy, but laughter is the next best thing.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
Start every day with a smile and get it over with.
~ W. C. Fields
I like children - fried.
~ W. C. Fields
In those whom I like, I can find no common denominator; in those whom I love I can: they all make me laugh.
~ W. H. Auden
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
~ W. H. Auden
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
~ W. Somerset Maugham
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.
~ W. Somerset Maugham
When such as I cast out remorse So great a sweetness flows into the breast We must laugh and we must sing, We are blest by everything, Everything we look upon is blest.
~ W.B. Yeats
When I was growing up, my mother taught me the language of birds; and when I got married, I used to be listening to their conversation; and I would be laughing; and my wife would be asking what was the reason of my laughing, but I did not like to tell her
~ W.B. Yeats
He knew human folly like the back of his hand, And was greatly interested in armies and fleets; When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
~ W.H. Auden
If you don't laugh at all, you've missed the point. If you only laugh, you've missed your chance from illumination.
~ Robert Anton Wilson
Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.
~ Mel Brooks
I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
~ Unknown
What was your secret?" That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance
~ Nora Roberts
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly." ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist.
~ Andy Rooney
There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays.
~ Laurie Halse Anderson
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
~ Leo Rosten
Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.
~ Steve Allen