Mark Twain Quotes

Comedy breaks down walls. It frees us for just a moment from the ugliness of this world.

A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.

Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.

If we don't have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective

Jokes can be noble. Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion, to the futility of thinking and striving anymore. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward - and since I can start thinking and striving again that much sooner.

Never underestimate the power of funny, it moves mountains.

Humor is unavoidable. It might not feel funny in the moment, but more often than not there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Humor is the harmony of the heart.

Just having someone make you laugh so hard that it hurts is so healing to me.

Laughter opens your heart and soothes your soul. No one should ever take life so seriously that they forget to laugh at themselves.

Laughter lifts us over high ridges and lights up dark valleys in a way that makes life so much easier. It is a priceless gem, a gift of release and healing direct from Heaven.

A little humour is good for the soul - regardless of how old you may be.

A good laugh is as good as a prayer sometimes.

There is something about laughter that can take away all the darkness.

My husband is very funny and his humor has gotten us through a lot. He's good at defusing me.

I think laughter is the best medicine. If you can't laugh at yourself, then you can't laugh at life and the silliness of it all.

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

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

Laughter can bring a new perspective.

Sometimes I just want to laugh.

I use humor as a way to digest anything.

To me, if something makes you laugh, that's heart-warming. It doesn't necessarily have to be friendly; it might just be the weirdest thing ever. Laughing makes me feel better.

I've always been attracted to humor and funny people in general. It's a joy to make people laugh, but it's not as fun as laughing yourself.

There is always something to chuckle about. Sometimes we see it. Sometimes … we don't. Still, the world is filled with humor. It is there when we are happy and it is there to cheer us up when we are not.

Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows.