“Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.”

“Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.”

Jerome David Salinger (1919–2010) American writer

“There are so many beautiful girls around that after a while you start looking for someone who can make you laugh”

Candace Bushnell book Sex and the City

“I think a comedian's job isn't just to make people laugh. I think it's to make people think.”

Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter

“You fell in love with someone because of the tilt of his smile, or because he could make you laugh, or in this case, because he made you believe that you were the only one who could save him.”

Jodi Picoult book Picture Perfect

“But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete.”

Jodi Picoult book Sing You Home

“The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.”

Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) comedian and social critic

“Cause there's a time when you're right
And you know you must fight,
Who's laughing, baby? Don't you know?
And there's a choice that we make,
And a choice you must take,
Who's laughing, baby?”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

“Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you smile, laugh as much as you breathe, and love as long as you live.”

Rachel Ann Nunes (1966) Author

“Laugh all you want. I know my own worth and don't need to prove it to someone who doesn't know theirs.”

Terry Goodkind Faith of the Fallen