I love making people laugh. And I love laughing.

The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay ‚forever young at heart.‘

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.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

Why do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

As an athlete, you’d better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.

The French complain of everything, and always.

When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That’s what inspired the ‚Off to the Races‘ melodies. That’s one of the times when you’re feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken.

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

I don’t spend too much time on my phone, laptop or television. However, I do occasionally watch documentaries and shows on streaming platforms.

I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.

I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

Only one in four jokes ever works, and I still can’t predict what people will laugh at.

My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.

I was born poor and without religion, under a happy sky, feeling harmony, not hostility, in nature. I began not by feeling torn, but in plenitude.

Stand-up is my baby.

If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.

I try to be funny and not ignorant.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don’t get wet you can keep.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

I work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation.

My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

I’m so happy I discovered early how wonderful music makes me feel.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I’m upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.

In my house I’m the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

I love nerdy, cute, quirky boys who don’t take themselves too seriously.

If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you’ve got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that.

I laugh all the time – at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don’t laugh onstage because then it’s serious business.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

I was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.

A lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: ‚You’re not making me happy, you’re not doing this, you’re not doing that.‘

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

Is it weird in here, or is it just me?

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.

Well, everyone likes movies when they’re a little kid.

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

To understand Europe, you have to be a genius – or French.

Laughter is America’s most important export.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

Love is trembling happiness.