Category Laughter

Here are some delightful quotes about laughter along with their authors:

“Laughter is the closest distance between two people.” — Victor Borge
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” — e. e. cummings
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” — Mark Twain
“The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.” — Bennett Cerf
“If Heaven exists, to know that there’s laughter, that would be a great thing.” — Robin Williams
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” — William Shakespeare
“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” — Victor Hugo
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.” — Oscar Wilde
“We don’t laugh because we’re happy — we’re happy because we laugh.” — William James
“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.” — Mark Twain
“Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.” — Mark Twain
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there.” — Martin Luther
“No one is more profoundly sad as one who laughs too much.” — Jean Paul
“It is easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.” — Unknown
“Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance.” — Unknown
“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Laughter is the best medicine – unless you’re diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.” — Jasper Carrott
“Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.” — Arnold H. Glasow
“Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.” — Karl Barth
“You can’t deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.” — Stephen King

Category Humor

Here are some humorous quotes along with their authors:

“Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.” — Virginia Woolf
“Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.” — George Eliot
“Nothing like a little judicious levity.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.” — Dean Koontz
“If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you’re not proud of, use a pen-name for that.” — Dean Koontz
“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
“I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.” — Dr. Seuss
“Never laugh at live dragons…” — J.R.R. Tolkien
“What do you mean less than nothing? I don’t think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Nothing is absolutely the limit of nothingness. It’s the lowest you can go. It’s the end of the line. How can something be less than nothing? If there were something that was less than nothing, then nothing would not be nothing, it would be something – even though it’s just a very little bit of something. But if nothing is nothing, then nothing has nothing that is less than it is.” — E.B. White
“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?” — J.R.R. Tolkien
“I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
“Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before.” — Lemony Snicket
“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt [bn [ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.” — Lemony Snicket
“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.” — Lemony Snicket
“When we were little, the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle—we used to call him Tortoise— Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn’t one? asked Alice. We called him Tortoise because he taught us, said the Mock Turtle angrily.” — Lewis Carroll
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