Subject: Emotions » Laughter (Page 2)

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

(1917 – 1993) British composer & novelist

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

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

They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers… but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

(1934 – 1996) American astronomer, astrophysicist & author

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

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.


Learn to laugh at yourself, we certainly have.

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

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

He laughs best who laughs last.

(1664 – 1726) English architect & dramatist

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

They laughed at Edison and Einstein, but somehow I still feel uncomfortable when they laugh at me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.

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

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

(1952 – ) American writer & comedian

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

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

Wherever you go in the world, you just have to say you’re Canadian and people laugh.

(1950 – 1994) Canadian actor & comedian

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

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

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