Humor And Laughter Quotes

• There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

  Charles Dickens

  Happiness, Inspiring, Laughter

  Charles Dickens (2011). “A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories”, p.59, Penguin

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• Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.

  Maya Angelou

  Laughing, Sweetest, Humans

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• What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

  Victor Borge

  Laughter, Distance, Two

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• Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

  William James

  Funny, Dance, Laughter

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• The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Happiness, Laughter, Humor

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines (2008). “Laura Ingalls Wilder, farm journalist: writings from the Ozarks”, University of Missouri

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• Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

  Bill Cosby

  Life, Happiness, Laughter

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• Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

  Max Eastman

  Laughter, Pain, Humor

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• Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

  Lord Byron

  Life, Motivational, Positive

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• You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

  Bill Cosby

  Life, Laughter, Humor

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

  Romain Gary

  Positive, Laughter, Work

  Romain Gary (1987). “Promise at Dawn”, p.130, New Directions Publishing

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• Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

  Elsa Maxwell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Laughter

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• A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.

  William James

  Dance, Humor, Common Sense

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• Humor is just another defense against the universe.

  Mel Brooks

  Inspirational, Laughter, Humor

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Life, Thankful

  "Positive Words, Powerful Results". Book by Hal Urban (p. 105), 2004.

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• When humor goes, there goes civilization.

  Erma Bombeck

  Happiness, Laughter, Humor

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• A day without laughter is a day wasted.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Funny, Good Morning, Happiness

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

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Laughter, Caring

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "How to be Lovely". Book by Melissa Hellstern, 2005.

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• If I had no sense of humor I should long ago have committed suicide.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Funny Love, Wise

  "The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas".

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• Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

  Langston Hughes

  Happiness, Laughter, Humor

  Langston Hughes (2002). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs”, p.525, University of Missouri Press

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• If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

  Martin Luther

  Laughter, Humor, Laughing

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• A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Life, Laughter, Twilight

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.64, BookBaby

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• I love people who make me laugh!

  Audrey Hepburn

  Laughter, People, Laughing

  "How to be Lovely". Book by Melissa Hellstern, 2005.

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• Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Happiness, Laughter, Prayer

  Reinhold Niebuhr, (2013). “Discerning the Signs of the Times - Sermons for Today and Tomorrow”, p.72, Read Books Ltd

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