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Quotes About Hilarity

laughed out loud.
~ Julian May
Jerry Trainor is one of the funniest people on the planet.
~ Dan Schneider
I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh.
~ Kenneth Branagh
I'm all about the slapstick, generally. If you fell off it, into it, or through it, I'm probably nearby wetting myself.
~ Jon Richardson
Everyone knows I love a good fart joke!
~ Channing Frye
The islanders, while employed in erecting this tenement, reminded me of a colony of beavers at work. To be sure, they were hardly as silent and demure as those wonderful creatures, nor were they by any means as diligent. To tell the truth they were somewhat inclined to be lazy, but a perfect tumult of hilarity prevailed; and they worked together so unitedly, and seemed actuated by such an instinct of friendliness, that it was truly beautiful to behold. Not
~ Herman Melville
I can't help laughing because it's funny,
~ Suzanne Collins
If Damon Wayans is not breaking, it's a miracle. He is so funny that he makes everyone die laughing.
~ Casey Wilson
Ah," said Magnus. "Nerd love. It is a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of us who are more sophisticated.
~ Cassandra Clare
Kit burst out laughing. Ty looked even more astonished than he had when Kit had said he'd miss him. But after a second, he started to laugh too. They were both laughing, Kit doubled up over the blankets, when Magnus came into the room. He looked at the two of them and shook his head. "Bedlam," he said, and went over to the counter where the glass tubes and funnels had been set up.
~ Cassandra Clare
The moment you think is unbearable forces you to disappoint yourself by bearing it. There's resigned laughter available, for the hilarity of your own durability.
~ Glen Duncan
I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
~ Tamsin Greig
No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.
~ William Cowper
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.
~ Charles Caleb Colton
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
~ Charles Dickens
Never underestimate the power of funny, it moves mountains.
~ James Patterson
Hup hup ha ha hammy hee hee!
~ Lemony Snicket
I am excessively diverted.
~ Jane Austen
I like old people falling over, that's what makes me laugh.
~ Allan Carr
They're Twin-like, Shaunee said. Hilarious, Erin agreed. Shut up! Aphrodite and Stevie Rae said together, which made the Twins convulse into laughter.
~ P.C. Cast
Pagan professors of philosophy, after the death of Hypatia, sought security in Athens, where non-Christian teaching was still relatively and innocuously free. Student life was still lively there, and enjoyed most of the consolations of higher education—fraternities, distinctive garbs, hazing, and a general hilarity.
~ Will Durant
Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk into a bar, you see, very unassuming, and order a martini. Then the bartender, Hilarity, hauls off and squirts me in the face with a seltzer bottle, ruining my n ice new camel hair suit, dousing my monocle and my watch fob, soaking my cravat. So, do I let him have what for, and blow my top? I do not. I simply say: Sorry, I believe I said 'very dry'.
~ Chip Kidd
Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.
~ Lewis Carroll
Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh.
~ Tom Lehrer