“Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you're probably watching the wrong channel.”

“They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room for crying. Sometimes you laugh because table manners on a beach are funny. And sometimes you laugh because you're alive, when you really shouldn't be.”

Terry Pratchett book Nation

“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

“The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying."
- Prince Kheldar of Drasnia”

David Eddings (1931–2009) American novelist

“Laughing and crying, you know it's the same release.”

Joni Mitchell (1943) Canadian musician

“Laugh and the world laughs with you!”

Grant Morrison (1960) writer

“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…

“Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!”

Armistead Maupin book More Tales of the City

“Eat till you're full. Play anytime you want. Sleep as much as you like. Cry. Get angry. Laugh. Live. Live. Live.”

Kazuya Minekura (1975) Japanese manga artist