Laughter Quotes - Page 13

• I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

  Peter Ustinov

  Happiness, Music, Joy

  Dear Me (1977) ch. 3

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• Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Happiness, Growing Up, Disappointment

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• If we couldn't laugh, we would all going to go insane.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Laughing, Insane, Ifs

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• The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.

  Frank Pittman

  Love, Positive, Marriage

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• Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.

  Nelson Mandela

  Education, Inspiration, Important

  Nelson Mandela (1998). “In the Words of Nelson Mandela”, Birch Lane Press

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• Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Friendship, Witty

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.175, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• He laughs best who laughs last.

  John Vanbrugh

  Laughing, Lasts

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• Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

  Josh Billings

  Happiness, Smile, Attitude

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• A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

  Charles Lamb

  Laughing, Hundred

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• Laughter... the most civilized music in the world.

  Peter Ustinov

  Philosophical, World, Civilized

  Dear Me (1977) ch. 3

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• Laughter is the cipher key wherewith we decipher the whole man

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Keys, Ciphers

  Thomas Carlyle (1833). “Fraser's Magazine”, p.592

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• Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.

  Wavy Gravy

  Happiness, Laughing, Joy

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• They gave each other a smile with a future in it.

  Ring Lardner

  Happiness, Smile, Wedding

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• If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

  E. W. Howe

  Life, Positive, Health

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• Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of joy, so is there a laugh of terror and a laugh of merriment.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Expression, Laughing, Joy

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1858). “The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions”, p.156

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• My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.

  Dan Aykroyd

  Fun, Real, People

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

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• Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

  Langston Hughes

  Happiness, Humor, Laughing

  Langston Hughes (2002). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs”, p.525, University of Missouri Press

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• All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.

  August Wilson

  Happiness, Hands, Joy

  August Wilson (1988). “Joe Turner's Come and Gone: A Play in Two Acts”, Plume

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• Remember, men need laughter sometimes more than food.

  Annie Fellows Johnston

  Happiness, Smile, Men

  Annie Fellows Johnston (1909). “The Jester's Sword: How Aldebaran, the King's Son, Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest”

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• Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart.

  David Archuleta

  Passion, Heart, Telling The Truth

  Twitter post from Nov 16, 2010

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

  Erma Bombeck

  Inspirational, Humor, Tragedy

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• I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.

  John Cleese

  Distance, Humor, People

  "The Human Face". Documentary, 2001.

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• Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Happiness, Oil, Medicine

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Royal truths”, p.241

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• She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

  Gail Parent

  Happiness, Smart, Joy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

  Seneca the Younger

  Laughing, Laughable

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

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