Laugh Quotes

I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.

Oscar II of Sweden

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

John Cleese

I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.

Linda Ellerbee

A laugh is a smile that bursts.

Mary H. Waldrip

Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh and give!This bright new year is given meTo live each day with zest . . .To daily grow and try to beMy highest and my best!I have the opportunityOnce more to right some wrongs,To pray for peace, to plant a tree,And sing more joyful songs!

William Arthur Ward

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat.

Joanne Woodward

Days of wine and roses laugh and run away, Like a child at play.

Johnny Mercer

We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.

Chazal

The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.

William Davis

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.

Alan Alda

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

Charles M. Schulz

The most valuable sense of humor is the kind that enables a person to see instantly what it isn't safe to laugh at

Donald Rumsfeld

Tickle the earth with a hoe, it will laugh a harvest

Unknown

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.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox