Nobody ever died of laughter. Max Beerbohm
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. Victor Borge
He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news. Bertolt Brecht
Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain
A good laugh is sunshine in the house. William Makepeace Thackeray
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. Lord Byron
Laughter is inner jogging. Norman Cousins
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. Joseph Addison
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. W H Auden
She has a laugh so hearty it knocks the whipped cream off an order of strawberry shortcake on a table fifty feet away. Damon Runyon
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilised music in the world. Peter Ustinov
She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going into a tunnel. P G Wodehouse
It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humor. Charles Dickens
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. Karl Barth
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. Milan Kundera
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. Thomas Szasz
A day without laughter is a day wasted. Charlie Chaplin
The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think. Malcolm de Chazal
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. Bill Cosby
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think. Clarence Darrow
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. Jean de la Fontaine