"It is God's giving if we laugh or weep"

"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him."

"It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either."

"It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the poser to choose either."

“Laughter is an instant vacation.” 

“Laughter is the best medicine in the world.” 

“I live to laugh, and I laugh to live.” 

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Laughter is America's most important export.

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.

“I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all. ” 

“Beneath the layers of hurt, beneath the ragged laughter, I heard a willingness to endure. Endure—and make music that wasn't there before.” 

Live well, learn plenty, laugh often, love much.

Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.

The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

“I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror.

“The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.”

“My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

“Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no Applause.”

I hope that the entertainment I give has some lasting effect on people. I hope they see the beauty that I myself am seeking. I am trying to express a beauty that embraces not only physical characteristics and scenes, but the true fundamental emotions of humanity. Beauty. Beauty is what I am after.