Famous Quotes & Sayings

William J. Clinton

From the small clubs of the Harlem Renaissance where he began playing saxophone to world tours for the biggest of the big bands, Benny Carter redefined American jazz. From the start, his fellow musicians said the way he played the sax was amazing. They say that about me, too. (Laughter.) But I don't think they mean it in quite the same way.

Roberto Bolano

Even on the poorest streets people could be heard laughing. Some of these streets were completely dark, like black holes, and the laughter that came from who knows where was the only sign, the only beacon that kept residents and strangers from getting lost.

Ty Burrell

I had no real direction at all in my 20's and so I did what a lot of people without direction do: I took an acting class. In one of those first days of the class, I did this weird, silly improv, and it got laughs. It was such a blissful moment. I've never gotten over that love of hearing laughter. As a people pleaser, it's the drug of choice for me.

Yogi Berra

Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.

Trenton Lee Stewart

What is life without laughter?

Samuel Johnson

What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company.

Ryan Adams

While you can fill every heart as your own full of laughter loud as gold and passion quick as silver.

Robert K. Greenleaf

Purpose and laughter are the twins that must not separate. Each is empty without the other.

William Hazlitt

Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion, before ithas had time to reconcile its feelings to the change in circumstances: while laughter may be defined to be the same sort of convulsive and involuntary movement, occasioned by mere sur prise or contrast (in the absence of any more serious emotion), before it has time to reconcile its belief to contradictory appearances.

Joseph Addison

A cheerful temper, joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured.

Phillips Brooks

Distrust your religion unless it is cheerful, unless it turns every act and deed to music and exults in attempts to catch the harmony of the new life.‎

Louisa May Alcott

Cheerfulness can change misfortune into love and friends.

Kevin White

It's just so sad. He always had such a loving and kind personality, always had a cheerful smile and always had a warm greeting for everyone he met.

William Shakespeare

And all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.

Kurt Vonnegut

Having a yacht is a reason for being more cheerful than most.

Charlie Munger

Is there such thing as a cheerful pessimist? That's what I am.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

much of the possibility of being cheerful comes from the faculty of throwing oneself beyond oneself ...

Michael Moore

As far as today is concerned, there has been no impact at all from the ban. Everybody is cheerful and supportive.

Mike Sherman

He said he was fine. I said, 'I can tell something is wrong here. What's wrong?' He wouldn't tell me, ... It took me about 10 minutes to get it out of him. Finally, he told me.

Lance Armstrong

I actually spoke to him for about 30 minutes and he didn't say any of that stuff to me personally,

D. James

I don't feel fatigued at all. I can go out and play 48 minutes if they want me to.

Richelle Mead

I'm always at least ten minutes early.

Wayne Dyer

Take a few minutes of every day to fantasize about how you would wander, travel, or explore if you could.

Samuel Johnson

There is nothing so minute, or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not.

Dwyane Wade

The first two minutes was pretty rough on me.

Kim Gervasoni

The first 8 to 10 minutes we played sloppy. We were just not on the same page offensively.

Rick DiPietro

The first 15 minutes were great; we played as well as we have all season,