“I must be cheaper now than I was ten years ago in order to get a laugh. It's not funny now if I leave the table and give the waiter a nickel tip, which was a laugh years ago. Today I must maneuver it so that somehow I get the waiter to give me a nickel tip.” IfsGivingYearsTodayOrderLaughingTenYears AgoGive MeTablesCheaperWaiterNickels Author:Jack Benny
“There is no need for historical research. The war didn't take place a thousand years ago. Over a million Iranians served at one time or another in the war fronts and most of them are living ordinary lives today and are available for interviews. These stories are largely unknown in Iran and when I tell them to my friends or students they usually laugh.” NeedsYearsWarStoriesTodayMillionsLaughingFrontsStudentsThousandResearchOrdinaryMy FriendsYears AgoHistoricalAvailableInterviewsIranOne TimeThousand YearsLive For TodayOrdinary LifeHistorical Research Author:Mohammad Marandi
“Well, I started years ago with Flashdance and we also did Coyote Ugly, so I have put my toe in the water before with romantic comedies. I love making them and I love making people laugh. That's a trademark that I don't think any producer would turn down.” PeopleThinkingYearsWellsTurnsWaterLaughingComedyYears AgoUglyProducersToesMaking People LaughLove MakingTrademarksCoyotesCoyote Ugly Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“We can try to gain some of the sensibility of some of the indigenous populations of the world or our predecessors 800 years ago. We can laugh at them as being naive and unsophisticated, but unless we can gain that sensibility that there has to be rights of nature as Bolivians and others put it, then we're going to be destroyed.” WorldTryingYearsLaughingRightsGainsYears AgoPopulationDestroyedSensibilityNaiveIndigenousPredecessors Author:Noam Chomsky
“Please stop putting quotes from Nietzsche at the end of your emails. Five years ago you were laughing your guts out over American Pie 2. What — suddenly you’ve magically turned into Noam Chomsky?” YearsEndsLaughingFivePleaseYears AgoFive YearsGutsPieEmailAmerican Pie Book:JPod Source: JPod
“Apparently being a mermaid is dead dull. I watched The Little Mermaid with her once a few years ago—she thought it was freaking hilarious. She couldn’t stop laughing about the shell-bra thing, given that mermaids aren’t mammals. Plus, as she put it, Prince Eric was far too hairy and “peach colored” for her taste. I always thought he was pretty hot, but then again, I am a mammal.” YearsLittlesGivenLaughingTasteYears AgoHotDullPlusShellsEricMermaidPeachesBrasMammals Book:Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, Book 1) Source: Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, Book 1)
“MY INSPIRATION has always been Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman who smoked and drank every day and died a few years ago at the age of 122. When asked the secret of her longevity, she replied: 'I laugh a lot.' Well you would, wouldn't you.” YearsWellsInspirationAgeSecretLaughingYears AgoDiedSmokingLongevityDrank Author:Victoria Coren Mitchell