“It's time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.”
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
Source: Songs of Leonard Cohen, Herewith: Music, Words and Photographs
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Abraham Lincoln618
16th President of the United States 1809–1865Related quotes
“The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.”
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker
“They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
“You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.”
Jonathan Davis (1971) Heavy metal singer, frontman for Korn
Also sometimes attributed to Kurt Cobain
Variant: You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director
"Entertainment or Education? (1936)
Context: The theater-goer in conventional dramatic theater says: Yes, I've felt that way, too. That's the way I am. That's life. That's the way it will always be. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is no escape for him. That's great art — Everything is self-evident. I am made to cry with those who cry, and laugh with those who laugh. But the theater-goer in the epic theater says: I would never have thought that. You can't do that. That's very strange, practically unbelievable. That has to stop. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is an escape for him. That's great art — nothing is self-evident. I am made to laugh about those who cry, and cry about those who laugh.
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director
"Entertainment or Education? (1936)
Context: The theater-goer in conventional dramatic theater says: Yes, I've felt that way, too. That's the way I am. That's life. That's the way it will always be. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is no escape for him. That's great art — Everything is self-evident. I am made to cry with those who cry, and laugh with those who laugh. But the theater-goer in the epic theater says: I would never have thought that. You can't do that. That's very strange, practically unbelievable. That has to stop. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is an escape for him. That's great art — nothing is self-evident. I am made to laugh about those who cry, and cry about those who laugh.
Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer
Source: The Piper's Son
“You gotta laugh because if you didn't you'd cry”
Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…
