The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
Mark Twain

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
James Thurber

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.
Mason Cooley

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
e. e. cummings

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.
Henri Bergson

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away, man. You can't.
Lenny Bruce

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
Bennett Cerf

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
Alice Meynell

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.
Milan Kundera

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
Publilius Syrus

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
Erma Bombeck

There is little success where there is little laughter.
Andrew Carnegie

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
James Boswell

There were mornings in the make-up trailer where I'd have fits of laughter because of the extraordinary daily events of the shoot. Sometimes, it was all too much to believe. But the wildest things happened.
Madeleine Stowe

This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it's true, and I think that's what this movie is about.
John Goodman

Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter.
Mel Gussow

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
Bill Cosby

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.
Francoise Sagan

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
Thomas Carlyle

We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal. Does anybody remember laughter?
Robert Plant