Carol Channing Quotes

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

Believe me, there is nothing more rewarding than making Peter Jackson chuckle.

One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?

The lesson adults can learn here is that the world is filled with things for our enjoyment.

I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.

There hasn't been one show that we did, that I didn't enjoy to some extent.

It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

I just love listening to the laughter.

You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.

I do what makes me laugh.

It's enormously good fun. I love it. I really do. I have this sort of set face.

If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.'

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.

The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.

Making people laugh is the greatest experience.

I've kind of stopped valuing laughter as the end-all measurement of what I'm doing.

'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different.

I like to laugh and make people have fun.

I think if you score, you've got to have fun; otherwise, what's the point?

It brings me joy to hear that people are laughing at my scene in 'Due Date.'

Laughter rarely lasts longer than a few seconds, it's true. But how enjoyable those few seconds are.

Life is all about having a good time.

Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.