The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

You make ‚em, I amuse ‚em.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Most of the stuff I do on the show comes out of me just trying to make my friends laugh.

I laugh and joke, but I don’t get distracted very easily.

Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.

I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way. My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen.

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.

If you’re serious, you really understand that it’s important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you’re the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you’re funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.

There’s nothing funnier than the human animal.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

When the kids are laughing in the audience, I tear up, I’m so happy I did a nice thing.

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers laugh, and Make people talk like you because it’s so much fun.

Whenever I want to laugh, I read a wonderful book, ‚Children’s Letters to God.‘ You can open it anywhere. One I read recently said, ‚Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.‘

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it’s because he’s so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo’s sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey’s angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington.

I wish I knew why I am so anguished.

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I’ve always worked hard.

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there.

I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn’t have to translate.

A lot of times, you could play me just the laughs from my set, and I could tell you, from the laugh, what the joke was. Because they match.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

Isn’t it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks.

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man’s laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.

The two things in the world we all share in this world are laughter and pain. We’ve all got problems. The levels of those problems vary, but we’ve all got problems. When you can take things that are painful and make them funny, that’s a gift – to you and your audience.

I don’t know who I touch and who I don’t. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don’t have any secrets. I don’t know the reasons I’ve been so well received.

Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.

I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it.

If I couldn’t laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn’t laugh we just would go insane, If we weren’t all crazy we would go insane.

It’s always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s Earth.

I love making people laugh. And I love laughing.

We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.

Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Laughter is America’s most important export.

Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.

There’s different kinds of laughs. It’s like a baseball lineup: this guy’s your power hitter, this guy gets on base, this guy works out walks. If everybody does their job, we’re gonna win.