#laughs

Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but that is, to me, the absolute fakest of laughs. That's not something that sustains a television series, or a movie, or even 45 minutes of a stand-up set at Carolines. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#art #because #catharsis #even #get

Oh that's lovely," said Bunny. "Olive, you've got a date." "Why would you say something so foolish?" Olive asked, really annoyed. "We're two lonely people having supper." "Exactly," said Bunny. "That's a date. ↗

— Elizabeth Strout

#dating

If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#being #comedy #could #done #goal

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away, man. You can't. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

#art form #away #comedy #fake #form

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it. ↗

— Lord Byron

#does #green #hill #joy #laugh

I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere. ↗

— Dane Cook

#amazing #amazing time #away #blast #came

Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#go #gold #i #inside #laughs

If it gets laughs, it's funny. ↗

— Rachel Dratch

#gets #laughs

Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#laughs #others #whatever #you #yourself

If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke? ↗

— Steven Wright

#joke #laughs #nobody #tell #you