laugh quotes

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

“Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”

— Winston Churchill

“Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you. ”

— Phyllis Diller

“The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.”

— Phyllis Diller

“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.”

— Moliere

“Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain”

— Aldous Huxley

“When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it. ”

— Lord Byron

“But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.”

— Sophocles

“Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.”

— Victor Hugo

“Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.”

— Victor Hugo

“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?”

— William Shakespeare

“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. ”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.”

— Serj Tankian

“
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
”

— Dr Seuss

“People expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them. ”

— Niels Bohr

“I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater. ”

— Jim Carrey

“When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit. ”

— Johnny Depp

“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.”

— Maya Angelou

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”

— Maya Angelou

“My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.”

— Maya Angelou

laugh quotes

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

“
That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
”

“Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.”

“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.”

“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”

“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?”

“Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”

“Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.”

“When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.”

“The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you. ”

“The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.”

“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.”

“It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.”

“Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain”

“When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it. ”

“But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.”

“Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.”

“Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.”

“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?”

“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. ”

“People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.”

“
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
”

“People expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong. ”

“There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them. ”

“I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater. ”

“When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit. ”

“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.”

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”

“My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.”