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A good laugh is sunshine in a house. William Makepeace Thackeray
A joke is a very serious thing. Winston
Churchill (1874-1965) British Statesman, Soldier
A laugh is the shortest distance between two
people. Gen Mora in "Graffiti"
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. Bible (Prov. 17:22)
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom
I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springsjolted by every pebble
in the road. Henry Ward Beecher
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
Jean Houston
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk
the tightrope of life. William Arthur Ward
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall
never cease to be amused. Author Unknown
God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of
laughter. Sydney Harris
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. Grenville Kleiser
He who laughs, lasts. Author Unknown
Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather serious
when I suggest that someone should plant a few whoopee cushions in the United Nations.
Ron Dentinger
Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.
Mary
Hirsch
Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
James Thurber
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. James Thurber
Humor is man's survival kit. Gene Mora
Humor is reason gone mad. Groucho Marx
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The
minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip
away, and a sunny spirit takes their place. Mark Twain
If somebody makes me laugh, I'm his slave forever.
Bette Midler
If we can't laugh at life, we are in big
trouble. Marjorie Pay Hinckley (Ensign, Oct. 2003, p
22)
If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of
humor. Jennifer Jones
If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all.
A
Grandmother
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform tears into something bearable, even
hopeful. Bob Hope
I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed
to look upon one another next morning. Izaak Walton (1593-1683) English writer
I'm not funny. What I am is brave. Lucille Ball
It better befits a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
Seneca
I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. Frank A. Clark
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
Aeschylus
It's easy to be a humorist when you've got the
whole government working for you. Will Rogers
It's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
George Carlin
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then
move on. Bob Newhart, (1929- ) US comedian, actor
Laughter is America's most important export.
Walt Disney
Laughter is an instant vacation. Milton Berle
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Arnold Glasow
Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry and
makes it easier to swallow. Diane Johnson
Life is not a laughing matter - but can you imagine having to live without laughing?
Leonid Sukhorukov
Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything. James Thurber
Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to
bathe in it. Henry Ward Beecher
Nobody ever died of laughter. Max Beerbohm
People who don't laugh are the ones who crack up.
William Wilson
Save me, oh God, from people who have no sense of humor.
Ludlow Porc
Tell me what you laugh at and I'll tell you who you are. Marcel Pagnol
The human race has one really
effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain
The only way to get through life is to laugh
your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer
to laugh. Crying gives me a headache. Marjorie Pay Hinckley (Glimpses
into the Life and Heart of Marjorie Pay Hinckley, 1999, p
107)
We don't stop laughing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop laughing. Michael Pritchard
What really scares me most, more than nukes or cancer, is a man or woman without a sense
of humor. Jonathan Winters
When humor goes, there goes civilization. Erma Bombeck
When you can't laugh at yourself, you really are
the joke. Gene Mora in "Graffiti"
When you lose your laugh you lose your footing. Ken Kesey
You grow up the day you have your first real
laugh at yourself. Ethel Barrymore
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you
necessarily wise because you are grave. Sydney Smith |
