Subject: Emotions » Laughter

My girlfriend and I often laugh about how competitive we are… but I laugh more.

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

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

I quit because I was in the hospital and I realized that I truly believed that laughter was the best medicine, but it turns out penicillin works a hell of a lot better.

(1971 – ) American comedian, actor, television host & former physician

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor

Men love war because it allows them to look serious… it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.

(1926 – 2005) English novelist & essayist

A laugh is a smile that bursts.

(1949 – ) English nurse

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

He who laughs first, laughs last… if nobody laughs in the middle.

He laughs best who laughs last.

(1664 – 1726) English architect & dramatist

At their core, women fear that men will kill them; at their core, men fear that women will laugh at them.

(1954 – ) security specialist, advisor & author

They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers… but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

(1934 – 1996) American astronomer, astrophysicist & author

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.


Anyone who says, 'You had to be there,' should just not have told you the thing in the first place because it's not funny.

(1968 – ) American actor & comedian

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.

They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian; well, they’re not laughing now.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

(1952 – ) American writer & comedian

Wherever you go in the world, you just have to say you’re Canadian and people laugh.

(1950 – 1994) Canadian actor & comedian

He who laughs last probably didn’t get the joke.

It’s weird to hear a girl laugh when I’m not making love to her.

(1949 – 2016) American comedian & television actor

If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman

Learn to laugh at yourself, we certainly have.