Quotes on Humour And Laughter

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

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

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

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

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.