Subject: Emotions » Laughter

If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs; if you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs.

(1970 – ) American actress, comedian, writer & producer

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

(1952 – ) American writer & comedian

He who laughs, lasts.

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A laugh is a smile that bursts.

(1949 – ) English nurse

I quit because I was in the hospital and I realized that I truly believed that laughter was the best medicine, but it turns out penicillin works a hell of a lot better.

(1971 – ) American comedian, actor, television host & former physician

At their core, women fear that men will kill them; at their core, men fear that women will laugh at them.

(1954 – ) security specialist, advisor & author

A sense of humor is what makes you laugh at something that would make you sore if it happened to you!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Anyone who says, 'You had to be there,' should just not have told you the thing in the first place because it's not funny.

(1968 – ) American actor & comedian

My girlfriend and I often laugh about how competitive we are… but I laugh more.

As my mother always says, “If you have to swear to get laughs, then you’re obviously a c**t.”

(1972 – ) Irish stand-up comedian, voice over artist & actor

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

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

He laughs best who laughs last.

(1664 – 1726) English architect & dramatist

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.


If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

(1920 – ) Hungarian writer

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail and if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.

(1934 – ) American actress, dancer, activist & author

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing each other.

(1936 – ) American actor, director & screenwriter

He who laughs first, laughs last… if nobody laughs in the middle.