Humor Laughter Quotes

• Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

  Elsa Maxwell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Laughter

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• An adequate share of humor and laughter represents an essential part of the diet of the healthy person.

  Norman Cousins

  Laughter, Healthy, Essentials

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• The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

  Bill Cosby

  Life, Happiness, Laughter

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• When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another.

  Alan Alda

  Happiness, Peace, Laughter

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  I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Laughter, Caring

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Peace

  Orthodoxy (1908) ch. 7

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• I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

  Elayne Boosler

  Funny, Life, Hilarious

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• You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

  Ethel Barrymore

  Inspirational, Life, Happy Birthday

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• 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.

  W. H. Auden

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Dyer's Hand (1963) "Notes on the Comic"

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• A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Life, Laughter, Twilight

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.64, BookBaby

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• Laugh and the world laughs with you!

  Grant Morrison

  Laughter, Sleep, Insomnia

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• Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

  Romain Gary

  Positive, Laughter, Work

  Romain Gary (1987). “Promise at Dawn”, p.130, New Directions Publishing

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• Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.

  Erma Bombeck

  Inspirational, Laughter, Humor

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• Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

  Agnes Repplier

  Funny, Women, Humor

  Agnes Repplier (1891). “Points of View”, Boston Houghton, Mifflin 1893.

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• We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Happiness, Laughter

  "Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time". Book by Laurence J. Peter, p. 285, 1979.

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• Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

  William James

  Funny, Dance, Laughter

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• We keep a lot of humor and laughter in the home. A lot of times these days, people let the stress of life take the joy from the home. When you can laugh and you can have joy, that's very healthy. Victoria is easy going. She's very spontaneous and fun. I can hear her laughter all through the house. It sets the tone for the house. I like someone who can laugh. The second thing is respect. We just do our best. We don't always agree with each other but we make the decision that we want to treat each other with respect.

  Joel Osteen

  Fun, Laughter, Stress

  "Joel Osteen — Always Taking The High Road". Interview with Pat Gallagher, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

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• There is certainly no defence or water -proof garment against adverse fortune which is, on the whole, so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  Laughter, Twilight, Humor

  "The New World and the New Book, an Address, Delivered Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York City, Jan. 15, 1891".

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• What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

  Victor Borge

  Laughter, Distance, Two

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• Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Happiness, Laughter, Prayer

  Reinhold Niebuhr, (2013). “Discerning the Signs of the Times - Sermons for Today and Tomorrow”, p.72, Read Books Ltd

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• Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.

  Maya Angelou

  Laughing, Sweetest, Humans

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• Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

  Max Eastman

  Laughter, Pain, Humor

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• A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Happiness, Laughter, Humor

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines (2008). “Laura Ingalls Wilder, farm journalist: writings from the Ozarks”, University of Missouri

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• A day without laughter is a day wasted.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Funny, Good Morning, Happiness

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