"Laughing cheerfulness throws the light of day on all the paths of life."
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"Is there anything better than making a kid laugh?"
"Sometimes they laugh at things I don't think are funny, but I believe if they're laughing at me, it's a good show."
"Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon laugh for yourself."
"And the reason that i laugh and breathe is oh love"
"All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing."
"Laughing in full abandonment is very good for your health."
"Laugh now, cry later."
"A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is."
"You can see desperation in people who are too eager to laugh because they're in such a hurry not to look at what's confronting them in their lives and that's kind of sad because there's a kind of pornographic aspect to it, of making some sort of pain go away, of hovering around a pain, making yourself numb, not feel anything."
"Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn't Give Pain To Anybody"
"Dear child, I only did to you what the sparrow did to you; I am old when it is fashionable to be young; I cry when it is fashionable to laugh. I hated you when it would have taken less courage to love."
"Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone."
"You know what, I'm very attracted to someone who makes me laugh and is that charming. Really, I could be charmed by anyone. I'm just a sucker for somebody that is charming."
"But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?"
"They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself."
"I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please."
"Everyone on the bus can laugh at me, and I'll be like, 'Screw you guys: I look good!'"
"Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down."
"If I can't find a theme, I can't make a film anyone else will feel. I can't laugh at intellectual humor. I'm just corny enough to like to have a story hit me over the heart."