Al Smith Quotes

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

Being able to make people laugh is a powerful tool.

You have to make them laugh and then make them listen.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.

Humor's an excellent way to make a point more palatable and/or relatable.

If you want to edify, you have to entertain.

I learned from Roger Rabbit that if you make people laugh, they'll do anything for you - which is almost true.

My way of making people like me was to make 'em laugh.

The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

I think if you can get people to laugh, you can get people to listen.

You might be the funniest guy in the world, but if you don't have anything to talk about, people are eventually going to gravitate towards the guy that's actually saying something.

You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

Whenever anybody is pursuing power, he's got to be funny.

Humor is a very important part of leadership.

Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get your point.

What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way. My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen.

One of the things that I intend to devote a lot of time to in the coming years is continuing to try to move people's hearts and minds with humor, with stories, with anecdotes, with facts and information.

If you can't be smart or funny, be brief.

Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way.

The same basic tools we've used for thousands of years to connect with people, to draw them in and to hold their attention will always work, even if we're telling our stories 140 characters at a time.