Terry Tempest Williams Quotes

Being able to laugh at a situation can help you hang on to your perspective. And there's an intimacy in laughter that nothing else can come close to.

If you can have a laugh with someone, you're then in each other's world.

The 'Cheers' family seemed like my family.

A lot of the things that we do in life are to find connection.

We should remind ourselves that laughing together is as close as you can get to another person without touching, and sometimes it represents a closer tie than touching ever could.

When we laugh we temporarily give ourselves over to the person who makes us laugh.

The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.

I've been here for nine years, and over that time, these people have become like my family.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

If you are in a movie theater, you can look two people down and they are laughing while you are laughing or you can look three people down and they love that song that you love. It is living proof that you are not alone.

I never have actually had a girl who's made me laugh before.

We humans are not born alone; joining and being active in a club whose members share your passion for ideas and get your jokes is one of the great joys of life.

Straight men just can't imagine the bliss of being in a relationship with someone who finds farting as funny as they do.

There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.

At the end of the day, humans are social animals and we are at our best when we get to do things with others who appreciate and enjoy what we enjoy. It's what keeps us human.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

Jokes are so personal, and they bring us together in so many ways.

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.

Humor in a relationship is so important. Many women will say that. Some say, 'If they can make you laugh, it's the sexiest thing on earth.'

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.

There's a sense of aliveness that comes from connection, shared experience. And you see it in every place. You see it when ball players jump up and down, gather at home plate, hugging, and it's not just because they're winning, it's that shared moment, that feeling of - we enter the world alone, we leave alone.

Any time you can be with like-minded people, laughing or crying over the same joke or the same scene... For me, it's therapeutic. You just feel a little less alone on the planet.

As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.

The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.