Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal humbug—push it a little—weaken it a little, century by century, but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. — Mark Twain
2. A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing. — Herman Melville
4. A good laugh is sunshine in the house. — William Thackeray
5. A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. — Phyllis Diller
6. A smile starts on the lips, a grin spreads to the eyes, a chuckle comes from the belly; but a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, overflows, and bubbles all around. — Carolyn Birmingham
7. A well-balanced person is one who finds both sides of an issue laughable. — Herbert Procknow
8. Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand. — Mark Twain
9. Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. — Lord Byron
10. 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. Auden
11. An optimist laughs to forget; a pessimist forgets to laugh. — Tom Nansbury
12. And keep a sense of humor. It doesn’t mean you have to tell jokes. If you can’t think of anything else, when you’re my age, take off your clothes and walk in front of a mirror. I guarantee you’ll get a laugh. — Art Linkletter
13. And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. — Friedrich Nietzsche
14. As soap is to the body, so laughter is to the soul. — A Jewish Proverb
15. As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it. — Lao Tsu
16. At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. — Jean Houston
17. Cancer is probably the unfunniest thing in the world, but I’m a comedian, and even cancer couldn’t stop me from seeing the humor in what I went through. — Gilda Radner
18. Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another. — Kenny Ausubel
19. Earth laughs in flowers. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
20. Even the gods love jokes — Plato
21. Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real Sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl.” —
