Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. By BOB NEWHART Hope, Humor, Laughter, Positive
Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin. By James Thurber Humor
I don’t make jokes; I just watch the government and report the facts. By Will Rogers Government, Humor
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. By W H. Auden Friends, Friendship, Humor, Lauhter, Love
The most wasted of all our days are those in which we have not laughed. By Sebastien Chamfort Humor, Lauhter, Positive
No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humour. By Samuel Taylor Coleridge Humor
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of our superiority to all that befalls us. By Romain Gary Dignity, Humor
No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Humor, Smart, Wit
Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great expectation. By Norman Cousins Humor, Jogging, Lauhter
If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there. By Martin Luther Heaven, Humor, Lauhter
The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think. By Malcolm de Chazal Funny, Humor
We are in the world to laugh. In purgatory or in hell we shall no longer be able to do so. And in heaven it would not be proper. By Jules Renard Humor, Lauhter, Life, Positive, Wise
Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable. By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Character, Humor
