Subject: Emotions » Laughter (Page 2)

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I’d like to tell you some jokes now, but you’d only laugh.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

Never laugh at your significant other when they're having an orgasm; that is their time to shine.

(1983 – ) American comedian

Laughter is the best medicine – unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.

(Robert Norman Davis) (1945 – ) British comedian & actor

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

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman

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

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

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

Men love war because it allows them to look serious… it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.

(1926 – 2005) English novelist & essayist

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

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

It’s weird to hear a girl laugh when I’m not making love to her.

(1949 – 2016) American comedian & television actor

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

(1920 – ) Hungarian writer

A laugh is a smile that bursts.

(1949 – ) English nurse

My wife put a mirror over our bed; she says she likes to watch herself laugh.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & 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

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

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

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

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

If you can laugh at yourself loud and hard every time you fall, people will think you're drunk.

(1963 – ) television host & comedian

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.


The fellow who laughs last may laugh best, but he gets the reputation of being very slow-witted.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist