“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”

“How to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans.”

Marian Keyes (1963) Irish writer

“If you want to see God laugh, make a plan.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

“Man makes plans… and God laughs.”

Michael Chabon (1963) Novelist, short story writer, essayist

“People plan, God laughs.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Longest Ride

“The composer makes plans, music laughs.”

Morton Feldman (1926–1987) American avant-garde composer

“It's like you have a plan and someone comes along and makes you want to change it all, but you still like your first plan, no matter how fantastic the second one makes you feel.”

Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer

“Do not make an enemy of anyone until you know what there is between him and God! If he is good, God will not leave him to you and if he is bad, then your knowing of his badness will make you safe from him and so you do not need to make him your enemy.”

Muhammad al-Taqi (811–835) ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism

“I sit and talk to God, and he just laughs at my plans.”

Robbie Williams (1974) British singer and entertainer

“When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you. But when you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it's your laugh.”

Nora Ephron (1941–2012) Film director, author screenwriter