Laughter

[findtruth]

"I love to laugh. Hahaha! Long and loud and clear.  I love to laugh. Hahaha!  It's getting worse every year..."[]
-from the movie "Mary Poppins"

[James S]

Those are GREAT quotes Fallnangel.

Thank you.[]

[Michael_E]

I like the first one its soo true.

[Nay]

Like James said, GREAT quotes!!

Here are a few more to add to the list.

Laughter is part of the human survival kit.
--David Nathan

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
--Oscar Wilde

Seven days without laughter make one weak.
--Joel Goodman

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
--Mark Twain

You don't stop laughing because you grow old.  You grow old because you stop laughing.
--Michael Pritchard

Laugter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
--W.H. Auden

Nay

[WalkerInTheWoods]

I am glad you all like them. I cannot confirm if they are correctly quoted, though. I just found them on another message board, thought they were great, and wanted to share them here. Sometimes we need to be reminded of the importance of a light heart and a good laugh.

Thank you for sharing, Nay. Those are great.

findtruth, I love that part of the movie. They are all laughing and floating up at the ceiling. I have not seen that movie in a long time. I think it is a good weekend to go find it. Thanks.

[Nick]

Great quotes fallnangel77 and Nay! [] As they say, 'laughter is the best medicine'.


Very best,

[Haematite]

Thank you all - it's really inspiring! []
I don't remember who has told that, but: "If someone could laugh at theirself, they'll laugh during all their life"[)]
Heh - laugher - it's something weird, isn't it? I mean - you never know what would be funny in the next moment - it just happens[]
In my oppinion laugher is glorification to Life and Good. Only one really free man could laugh honestly and from heart.
When I was reading your quotations I remembered of Umberto Eco's "The name of the rose" - in middle centuries they've been thinking the laugher is something ugly and dangerous, a devil's deal... maybe the chirch just has been afraid of loosing it's power if people feel free enough to laugh at life - it would ruin it's dogmas...[]
For me... I'm almost in love with a person who makes me laugh spontaneous...lol I don't know how does he makes it![:I]
I wish you a lot of laugher and smiles![]

[WalkerInTheWoods]

A good laugh is sunshine in a house. -- William Makepeace Thackeray
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. -- Bible (Prov. 17:22)
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road. -- Henry Ward Beecher
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. -- Jean Houston
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
God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter. -- Sydney Harris
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. -- Grenville Kleiser
He who laughs, lasts. -- Author Unknown
Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather serious when I suggest that someone should plant a few whoopee cushions in the United Nations. -- Ron Dentinger
Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. -- Mary Hirsch
Humor is man's survival kit. -- Gene Mora
If somebody makes me laugh, I'm his slave forever. -- Bette Midler
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform tears into something bearable, even hopeful. -- Bob Hope
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. -- Aeschylus
Laughter is an instant vacation. -- Milton Berle
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. -- Arnold Glasow
Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry and makes it easier to swallow. -- Diane Johnson
If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. -- Jennifer Jones
If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all. -- A Grandmother
It better befits a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. -- Seneca
Life is not a laughing matter - but can you imagine having to live without laughing? -- Leonid Sukhorukov
Nobody ever died of laughter. -- Max Beerbohm
People who don't laugh are the ones who crack up. -- William Wilson
What really scares me most, more than nukes or cancer, is a man or woman without a sense of humor. -- Jonathan Winters
When humor goes, there goes civilization. -- Erma Bombeck
When you lose your laugh you lose your footing. -- Ken Kesey