1,453 Quotes About Laughter


  • Author Gilda Radner
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    Cancer is probably the most unfunny 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.

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  • Author J. C. Ryle
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    Laughter, ridicule, opposition and persecution are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.

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  • Author J. K. Rowling
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    Only one pair was still battling, apparently unaware of the new arrival. Harry saw Sirius duck Bellatrix's jet of red light: he was laughing at her. 'Come on, you can do better than that!' he yelled, his voice echoing around the cavernous room. The second jet of light hit him squarely in the chest. The laughter had not quite died from his face, but his eyes widened in shock.

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  • Author James Randi
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    To make sure that my blasphemy is thoroughly expressed, I hereby state my opinion that the notion of a god is a basic superstition, that there is no evidence for the existence of any god(s), that devils, demons, angels and saints are myths, that there is no life after death, heaven nor hell, that the Pope is a dangerous, bigoted, medieval dinosaur, and that the Holy Ghost is a comic-book character worthy of laughter and derision.

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  • Author Jules Renard
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    Only in this world do we laugh: in hell, it won't be possible; and in heaven, it won't be proper.

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  • Author Jules Renard
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    We are in the world to laugh. In purgatory or in hell we shall no longer be able to do so. And in heaven it would not be proper.

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