Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steven Wright

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

Steven Wright

Imagine if birds were tickled by feathers. You'd see a flock of birds come by, laughing hysterically!

Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.

Regina Hall

Sometimes I make myself laugh, but that's because I appreciate my sense of humor.

Robert Bresson

Laugh at a bad reputation. Fear a good one that you could not sustain.

Tom Shadyac

I think laughter is a sacred act.

Toni Morrison

Being able to laugh got me through.

Tom Hanks

If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then every day's going to be okay.

Tina Fey

Sometimes when you're doing a comedy, the director will yell out "alts" and then the director gets the first laugh.

Tina Fey

Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity.

Russell Simmons

Nothing increases happiness like quiet time. The truth is, the only moments that make you laugh or happy are seconds of stillness.

Stephenie Meyer

It was strange and amusing...and, honestly, a bit embarrassing...to realize how much being near Bella had softened me. It seemed like no one was afraid of me any more. If Emmett found out about this, he would be laughing for the next century.

Stephen Colbert

I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes.

Stephen Colbert

I would say laughter is the best medicine. But it's more than that. It's an entire regime of antibiotics and steroids.

Tim Conway

It's hard to be sad when you're laughing, so I enjoy making people happy.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

This one sits shivering in Fortune's smile, taking his joy with bated, doubtful breath. This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while laughs in the teeth of Death.

Viggo Mortensen

I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.

Victoria Abril

When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.

Victoria Beckham

And while everybody was busy laughing, what was I doing? I was laying the foundation to what I have in place now.

Victor Garber

The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.

Victor Hugo

The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows. A burst of laughter starts from a scene of emotion. In a moment of buffoonery, the serious enters. Impulses depend on a chance word. The spirit of each is sovereign. A jest suffices to open the door to the unexpected. They are conferences with sharp turns, where the perspective suddenly changes. Chance is the director of these conversations.

Victor Hugo

Jean Prouvaire was timid only in repose. Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric.

Victor Hugo

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Victor Borge

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

Veronica Roth

Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

Suzanne Collins

Finally, the intercom crackles and Hatmitch's acerbic laugh fills the studio. He contains himself just long enough to say, 'And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies.

Suzanne Collins

Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" -- he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose -- "distracting?" I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell

Steve Toltz

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.

Stephen Leacock

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.

Stephen King

If you can't laugh when things go bad--laugh and put on a little carnival--then you're either dead or wishing you were.

Stephen King

never's the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.

Stan Smith

Laughter is infectious, like small pox or gay.

Sophia Bush

I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone - even when they're laughing. I have a guilt complex, always worrying.