#laught

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

— George Eliot

#folly #half #hears #laughter #vain

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with. ↗

— John Irving

#console #fact #how #i #in fact

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#because #comedy #critic #dramatic #exacting

Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#audience #burst #directed #film #heard

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants. ↗

— Stephen King

#comes #deny #down #favorite #laughter

Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters. ↗

— Allen Klein

#heaviest #help #laughter #matters #relieve

It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body. ↗

— Allen Klein

#body #clear #directly #every #heart

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss. ↗

— Allen Klein

#broader #category #elements #go #helping

There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about. ↗

— Criss Jami

#children #contagious #contagiousness #funny #humor

Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard. ↗

— Margaret Sackville

#ever #except #haggard #highest #laughter