LAUGHTER QUOTES VI
quotations about laughter
The suburbs of folly is vain mirth, and profuseness of laughter is the city of fools.
FRANCIS QUARLES
Enchiridion
Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
VACLAV HAVEL
Disturbing the Peace
Laughter appears to stand in need of an echo, Listen to it carefully: it is not an articulate, clear, well-defined sound; it is something which would fain be prolonged by reverberating from one to another, something beginning with a crash, to continue in successive rumblings, like thunder in a mountain.
HENRI BERGSON
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
The horse-laugh indicates brutality of character.
JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER
Aphorisms on Man
Laughter is the old port in the storm of life that if lucky, sees many of us through many turbulent times, and can be found anywhere if we just lighten up.
KAREN BERGEN
"Laughter and Humour", My Steinbach, March 25, 2016
Laughter is the hiccup of a fool.
W. GRESLEY
attributed, Day's Collacon
He laughs best who laughs last.
JOHN VANBRUGH
The Country House
It's no use crying over spilt evils. It's better to mop them up laughing.
ELEANOR FARJEON
Gypsy and Ginger
The most completely wasted of all days is that in which we have not laughed.
NICOLAS CHAMFORT
Maximes et pensees
It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down and spreads to your hips.
FRED ALLEN
attributed, Dictionary of Quotations in Communications
Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
Anne of Green Gables
Laughter is America's most important export.
WALT DISNEY
attributed, The Quotable Walt Disney
Laughter is the representative of Tragedy, when Tragedy is away.
WYNDHAM LEWIS
"Inferior Religions"
Laughter is carbonated holiness.
ANNE LAMOTT
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Laughter is, above all, a corrective. Being intended to humiliate, it must make a painful impression on the person against whom it is directed. By laughter, society avenges itself for the liberties taken with it. It would fail in its object if it bore the stamp of sympathy or kindness.
HENRI BERGSON
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
The salvation of the world depends on the men whose laughter destroys the fool instead of encouraging him.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes
It's hard ... to hate a man who laughs at himself and the rest of the world.
JO CLAYTON
Diadem from the Stars
Laugh and be wise.
MARTIAL
attributed, Day's Collacon
Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry -- and the world laughs harder.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
The best laughter is the dangerous kind. The kind where you realize you can't breathe, all the while awash with a strange, addictive euphoria from the sensation. Happiness of this sort is like an ancient, esteemed timeless beast that snags you, transforming your face into 100 percent plastered smile, half-closed eyes and creases galore -- an unnatural embouchure that still feels true to even the most dour of us. A relentless, uncontrollable shaking and falling and crying and pseudo-dying takes hold of your body. Esoteric utterances, shrieks and inimitable ululations force themselves out of your mouth ... you get the point.
AMIRI BANKS
"Empty Victories", The Cornell Daily Sun, April 3, 2016