Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.
I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine.
My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter.
Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that.
If you have children and want to give your future self a present, record their laughter as toddlers. When they're older and away from you, you might find that clip in the middle of the day, and it will transport you as surely as if you had a time machine.
Laughter is an instant vacation.
Seven days without laughter makes one weak.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.
Laughter is inner jogging.
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
Because I actually find the next take after they've controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because that's still going on underneath the surface. That struggle to maintain composure becomes part of the joy of the scene.
She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter - there's always something happening in the country and in the world. That's why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.
I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling.
Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And that's because laughter completely engages the body and releases the mind. It connects us to others, and that in itself has a healing effect.
People always mention that they'd love to see me in a comedy again. Maybe it's time - laughter being the best medicine.
He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.
I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time and to hide my pain.
The whole point about laughter is it's like mercury: you can't catch it, you can't catch what motivates it - that's why it's funny.
I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter.
Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.
Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.
Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.
'Ray Donovan' was all fiction and pure fun, to be working with such greats as Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight. My character was recurring, but my storyline was intricate to the whole thing. With the character that I played, I got to go through all aspects of my instrument. I got to bring it to tears and to laughter.
I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
Laughter and joy are part of the beauty of life.
Laughter can bring a new perspective.
There are really two types of laughter on the part of the spectator. There is the laughter of recognition - which means seeing things you're familiar with and laughing at yourself. But there's also hysterical laughter - a way of dealing with the things we see that upset us.
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
