JOSEPH ADDISON, The Spectator, Sept. 26, 1712
You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
STEPHEN KING, Hearts in Atlantis
In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal and so ill-bred as audible laughter.
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, Advice to his Son
There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!
WILLIAM CONGREVE, The Double Dealer
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.
THOMAS SZASZ, The Second Sin
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
MARK TWAIN, The Mysterious Stranger
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD, Woman's Day Magazine, Jun. 1, 2007
A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.
SHIRLEY MACLAINE, Family Circle Magazine, Aug. 9, 2005
Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of joy, so is there a laugh of terror and a laugh of merriment.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, "Notes on Hamlet"
Laughter is America's most important export.
