Quotes tagged ‘Laughter’

(123 total)

“Love and laughter will super-seed all.”

“My mother always tells me to smile and put on a happy face. She told me I had a purpose to bring laughter and joy to the world.”

— Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Arthur Fleck / Joker, Joaquin Phoenix, imdb.com

“So there you have it. Laughter, in its most basic form, is really just a socially acceptable cry for help. LOL.”

— AJ Willingham, CNN, cnn.com

“I started to really examine comedy, and I noticed there’s two kinds of laughter. One is when you’re watching the comedian and he says a joke and then you laugh at it, because you heard the punch line. And sometimes it’s really funny and you’re laughing. And other times it’s okay, but you still laugh…”

— Steve Martin, amazon.com

“I like subversive humor, freckles, women’s knees and long hair, the laughter of playing children, and a girl running down the street. I hope for vibrant love, the impossible, the chimerical. I dread knowing precisely my own limitations.”

— René Magritte, amazon.com

“When was the last time you smiled? Or had a good laugh? A real laugh.”

— Jenny Bicks, P.T. Barnum, Hugh Jackman, imdb.com

“Sally: I had the most terrible vision. Jack Skellington: That's splendid! Sally: No—it was about your Christmas. There was smoke... and fire! Jack Skellington: That's not my Christmas! My Christmas is filled with laughter, and joy...and this: my Sandy Claws outfit. I want you to make it. Sally: Jack…”

— Caroline Thompson, Tim Burton, Jack Skellington (voice), Chris Sarandon, imdb.com

“A lifetime of laughter. At the expense of the death of a bachelor.”

— Panic! At The Disco, open.spotify.com

“Seth: Ryan, that's extremely minty of you. I didn't even know they had musicals in Chino. I didn't even know they had dancing, or... laughter. Ryan: That's because no one who lived there is as funny as you. Seth: So, we finally agree I'm the funny one. Well, look at that! Looks like we all learned s…”

— Brian Oh, Josh Schwartz, Seth Cohen, Adam Brody, imdb.com

“There’s nothing more contagious than laughter.”

— Ken Woodruff, Jerome Valeska, Cameron Monaghan, imdb.com

“There’s nothing more contagious than laughter.”

— Ken Woodruff, Jerome Valeska, Cameron Monaghan, imdb.com

“There’s nothing quite like the pain in your stomach from laughing too hard with your best friend.”

— Unknown, pinterest.com

“No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.”

— Baruch Spinoza, amazon.com

“If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!”

— Jim Rogers, amazon.com

“The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simpl…”

— Trevor Noah, interviewmagazine.com

“Show me a person who doesn't like to laugh and I'll show you a person with a toe tag.”

— Julia Roberts, beliefnet.com

“Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if people are passing you on the street saying, ‘I can't tell if that person is laughing or crying, but either way they seem crazy, let's walk faster.’ Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feelin…”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

“The world's a scary place, you know? It can be really sad and stressful and negative. I try to counterbalance that. I believe everything in life is energy. If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a…”

— Ellen Degeneres, goodhousekeeping.com

“I, Robert J. Dole -- (laughter and applause) -- do solemnly swear -- sorry, wrong speech”

— Bob Dole, clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov

“Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.”

— Unknown, tcat.tc