Quotes about laugh
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“My Lord told me a joke. And seeing Him laugh has done more for me than any scripture I will ever read.”

Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) German theologian

Source: Selected Writings

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“If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

As quoted in TIME (1984), also in Meditations for Parents Who Do Too Much (1993) by Jonathon Lazear and Wendy Lazear, p. 22

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“She laughed, and the desert sang.”

Source: Stargirl

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“… the face has limited space. My mother used to say, if you fill your face with laughing, there will be no more room for crying.”

Variant: The human face has limited space. If you fill it with laughter there will be no room for crying.
Source: A Fine Balance

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“Laughing and Love. They are both drugs.”

James Frey (1969) American screenwriter and media presenter
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“The earth laughs in flowers.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
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“A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.”

Source: A Ring of Endless Light

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“What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?”

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism

Source: Either/Or: A Fragment of Life

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“I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.”

Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer

Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You

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“We don’t laugh because we’re happy, we’re happy because we laugh.”

William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist

Variant: I don't sing because I'm happy. I'm happy because I sing.

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“Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.”

Solitude
Poetry quotes
Source: Poems of Passion
Context: Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.

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“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

Act V
1910s, The Doctor's Dilemma (1911)
Source: The Doctor's Dilemma: A Tragedy

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“A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.”

Chuck Palahniuk (1962) American novelist, essayist

Source: Stranger than Fiction

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

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
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“I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.”

Pt. 2, ch. 22
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Context: "I think I'll be a clown when I get grown," said Dill. "Yes, sir, a clown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off."
"You got it backwards, Dill," said Jem. "Clowns are sad, it's folks that laugh at them."
"Well, I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks."

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“Laughing is just another way of showing people your wise”

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet

Source: AnOther E.E. Cummings

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“Man makes plans… and God laughs.”

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

“Once you start laughing, you start healing.”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

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“His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade”

Source: Dry

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“When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer

Preface
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934)
Context: The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

“He'd laugh in my face, then I'd slice him to ribbons and then he'd break my neck”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Bleeds

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“You can't stay mad at someone who makes you laugh.”

Jay Leno (1950) American comedian, actor, writer, producer, voice actor and television host
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“If you want to make God laugh, tell her your plans.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

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“I find it rude to laugh at a man with a sword.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Source: Mortal Coil

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“They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him”

Source: Invisible Man

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“Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950’s. These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.”

Source: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 3
Context: The muffled thunder of dialogue comes through the walls, then a chorus of laughter. Then more thunder. Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950s. These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.

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