Quotes About Laughter

Let's admit it; the only use for complaining is to make people laugh.

It's a great compliment when the beautiful ones laugh.

I never want to compromise my act just to get a laugh.

If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh more.

The first condition for comedy is that if you laugh at your own jokes, others won't laugh. You have to say something funny very seriously.

Michael Bisping's whole life is a film scene. He's always acting. Confronting me at UFC 213, it makes me laugh. It's a bit clownish.

I've had this problem my whole life where I feel like I'm laughing all the time, and I feel like I understand what makes me laugh. But other people don't see it. It's very confusing.

Comedy comes from confusion.

Laughter is what connects pretty much all pain.

A woman who laughs is a woman conquered.

If I'm happy, it's because I have a group of people that's fun to surround myself with and everything.

I've always been surrounded by children - never bothered by their noise.

When you're surrounded by feathers and sequins and ridiculous Lycra outfits, it's impossible not to have a smile on your face.

I feel so lucky to have lived the life that I did and to be surrounded by the people I love. I've got eight kids, and they're always laughing all the time. It's like music to my ears. I think that my frame of mind these days is probably happier than I've ever been, which is kind of odd, coming close to the finish line.

I've always surrounded myself with funny people.

During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.

If you're going to take a risk as a comic, make sure it's surrounded by other things that you're certain are funny.

I grew up surrounded by sketch comedy.

There was a period of time during the 'Jagged Little Pill' era where I don't think I laughed for about two years. It was a survival mode, you know. It was an intense, constant, chronic over-stimulation and invasion of energetic and physical literal space.

I laugh when I see people in pain. Sometimes I think it is a defense mechanism from childhood, where you're in so much pain you have to laugh. It is a survival mechanism.

Humor - I see it as a survival skill.

I became a stand-up because that was my survival.

Dark comedy helped me survive.

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.