Regina Spektor (1980) American singer-songwriter and pianist
"Laughing With" - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxRXP3w-sQ&ob=av2e <br class="br">Far (2009)
"Laughing With"
Far (2009)
Regina Spektor (1980) American singer-songwriter and pianist
"Laughing With" - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxRXP3w-sQ&ob=av2e <br class="br">Far (2009)
“God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.”
Jürgen Moltmann (1926) German Reformed theologian
“To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs”
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Sri Aurobindo : The Hour of God, and Other Writings (1970); variant "To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughed; Heine was nearer the mark when he found in Him the divine Aristophanes" in Mother India (1957)
Context: To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs; Heine was nearer the mark when he found in Him the divine Aristophanes. God's laughter is sometimes very coarse and unfit for polite ears; He is not satisfied with being Molière, He must needs also be Aristophanes and Rabelais.
“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
"Creator — A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh." — H.L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques (1920), p. 203. and A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949), Ch. 30
Misattributed
“Time softly there
Laughs through the abyss of radiance with the gods.”
William Vaughn Moody (1869–1910) United States dramatist and poet
Act II.
The Fire-Bringer (1904)
“How to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans.”
Marian Keyes (1963) Irish writer
Source: The Other Side of the Story