Pastoral Resources

From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.

Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I still do - which is more important.

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.

Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.

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.

Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.

Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.

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

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.