“For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of the national interest are...businessmen. This may be a ridiculous statement, but -- ominously -- fewer and fewer people laugh at it.” PeopleYearsMayGovernmentPastInterestLaughingJudgingEconomicsBritishRidiculousStatementsFewerBusinessmanNational InterestsBritish Government Author:Neal Ascherson
“I have known sorrow - therefore I May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily Than those who never sorrowed upon earth And know not laughter's worth. I have known laughter - therefore I May sorrow with you far more tenderly Than those who never guess how sad a thing Seems merriment to one heart's suffering.” KnowsHeartMaySeemsEarthSufferingKnownLaughingSorrowLaughterMerriment Author:Theodosia Garrison
“Do you know why the Lord withheld the sense of humor from women? So that we may love you instead of laugh at you.” KnowsMayLordLaughingLove YouDo You KnowSense Of Humor Author:Mrs. Patrick Campbell
“The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk, Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk, Is always happy, reign whoever may, And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away.” GivingMayEasyLaughingFranceFar AwayReignFiddleAlways HappyFrenchmenDebonair Book:The Poetical Works of William Cowper Source: The Poetical Works of William Cowper
“If people aren't laughing at you, you aren't saying anything very unusual. So let your voice be loud and strong, dare to try things that may fail.” PeopleIfsTryingMayStrongVoiceLaughingFailingFailureDareLoudUnusualDare To Try Author:Joline Godfrey
“At first the cartoon medium was just a novelty, but it never really began to hit until we had more than tricks... until we developed personalities. We had to get beyond getting a laugh. They may roll in the aisles, but that doesn't mean you have a great picture. You have pathos in the thing.” FirstsMayMeanLaughingPersonalityTricksMediumsCartoonAnimationNoveltyAislePathos Author:Walt Disney
“Sometimes I say some things people may think are just outlandish, but I'm going to have the last laugh.” PeopleThinkingMaySometimesLastsLaughingOutlandish Author:Riff Raff
“What good men most biologists are, the tenors of the scientific world - temperamental, moody, lecherous, loud-laughing, and healthy. Your true biologist will sing you a song as loud and off-key as will a blacksmith, for he knows that morals are too often diagnostic of prostatitis and stomach ulcers. Sometimes he may proliferate a little too much in all directions, but he is as easy to kill as any other organism, and meanwhile he is very good company, and at least he does not confuse a low hormone productivity with moral ethics.” KnowsMenWorldMayLittlesDoeSometimesSongEasyCompanyMoralLaughingToo MuchKeysHealthyLowsEthicsVery GoodProductivityLoudGood ManStomachOrganismsHormonesAnd OffBiologistGood CompanyMoodyTenorsMoral EthicsUlcersBlacksmiths Author:John Steinbeck