Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Wyndham Lewis

Laughter is the representative of Tragedy, when Tragedy is away.

William Osler

Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

Khalil Gibran

I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes to flow from my every part turn into laughter. I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.

Man Ray

Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has extended this limit for himself, should arouse the resentment of those who have accepted conventions which, since accepted by all, require no initiative of application. And this resentment generally takes the form of meaningless laughter or of criticism, if not persecution.

George Gissing

Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter.

Joe Wright

It made me laugh, so I put it in.

Mike Nichols

Yes. The whole point about laughter is it’s like mercury: you can’t catch it, you can’t catch what motivates it—that’s why it’s funny,

Rex Harrison

Because I love the taste of meat I am a reluctant but dedicated vegetarian.

Roald Dahl

Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever.

Samuel Richardson

It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.

Ashley Madekwe

The water in L.A. tastes like bleach. I literally have to make my tea with Evian water.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I have a pretty eclectic taste in the movies that I like to watch, and also in the movies that I'm inspired to work on.

Jimi Hendrix

You're a woman, at least you taste like you are.

Francois Truffaut

Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.

Lynn Flewelling

Fowl never tastes as savory when you're hungry for venison.

Haruki Murakami

It's good when food tastes good, it's kind of like proof you're alive.

Sara Cox

I used to be double-jointed in my hips, so I could put my toe in my mouth. That can't be classed as a talent really, rather a mild deformity.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth.

Joseph Addison

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.

Kesha

I don't really plan what comes out of my mouth, and that's what makes most of my lyrics entertaining.

Kristen Bell

I have the mouth of a sailor.

Natasha Lyonne

Sometimes the things that come out of my mouth are mortifying.

Patrick O'Brian

We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth

Kelly Bishop

I do have a mouth - I will say. I speak up when I see things I don't care for.

Katy Perry

I always tell my fans that are closest to me, if it's not coming from my mouth, my website, or my appointed person, then it's generally not true. Or it's an exaggeration.