Laughter Quotes - Page 5

Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double. And that is life. A crust and a corner that makes love precious, With a smile to warm and tears to refresh us, And joy seems sweeter when cares come after, And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter. And that is life.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.

Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.

Trying to figure things out was my gig. Without the human condition, there's no struggle, no pain and that means no laughter.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

True happiness is impossible without solitude.... I need solitude in my life as I need food and drink and the laughter of little children. Extravagant though it may sound, solitude is the filter of my soul. It nourishes me, and rejuvenates me. Left alone, I discovered that I keep myself good company.

Keep laughing. As long as you’re laughing you still have hope.

Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has extended this limit for himself, should arouse the resentment of those who have accepted conventions which, since accepted by all, require no initiative of application. And this resentment generally takes the form of meaningless laughter or of criticism, if not persecution.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.

Seduction is about intelligence and wit. Someone who makes me laugh has every chance to seduce me.

A smile is the universal welcome.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

Winter's done, and April's in the skies, Earth, look up with laughter in your eyes!

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.

By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.

Cicero is dead! Cicero is born! The laughter has filled me, filled me so very completely. I am the laughter. I am the jester. The soul that has served as my constant companion for so long has breached the veil of the Void finally and forever. It is now in me. It is me. The world has seen the last of Cicero the man. Behold Cicero, Fool of Hearts - laughter incarnate!

A lot of baby boomers are baby bongers.

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.

Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.