Chevy Chase Quotes

I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.

Even in times of great sadness, there are always moments where we crack up.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

There's nothing wrong with making people laugh. We all need to laugh. Sometimes I get all these laughs inside of me, and there's no place to let 'em out.

Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful.

You must learn to take life less seriously and to laugh.

Show me a person who doesn't like to laugh and I'll show you a person with a toe tag.

Laughter is healing and helpful and fun, and I see my role as an entertainer, and I want readers to leave my books smiling.

There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.

Laughter heals all wounds, and that's one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you're going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.

Laughing makes everything easier.

I really try to have fun. If I don't have fun, you won't have fun. That's what my gift is: to relieve people from a little of the pain and comfort in their lives by allowing my comedy to distract them. A good laugh is almost as good as any doctor visit.

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs.

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

My wife, my daughters, even my grandchildren are funny. You've got to keep a sense of humor because anger destroys you.

I'd be hard-pressed to think of anybody who's made me laugh, who's funny, but who's also relentlessly positive.

In order for me to have fun, I have to be able to not be buttoned down.

The idea is that we're doing it just for the joy of the actual physical experience. We may record something just for the fun of it, but the idea is just to be truly joyful and truly fun, especially for me, because I take myself too seriously all the time.

I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it.

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.

I try to make people smile and dance, not think about things or educate them.

Carrying a grudge is a heavy burden. As you forgive, you will feel the joy of being forgiven.

I am a control freak, but not when I travel. For some reason when I travel, I am able to surrender more than in my real life. I am able to let go. I think it's why I like it so much.

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.