Jean Houston Quotes

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane, If we weren't all crazy we would go insane.

Humor is an antidote to all ills.

Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

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.

You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off because comedians often are self-deprecating, and they cross lines that they shouldn't. Stuff like that brings a smile to my face every once in a while when needed.

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers.

All the energy of their frustration and fear going into their laughter.

Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life.

Laughter is the only thing that'll cut trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.

If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

Laughter survives... it has to survive.

I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

I'd go mad if I didn't have things to make me laugh.

If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

Laughing makes everything easier.

I love inappropriate humour. What else are you going to do? You have to laugh.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

There are these important things in some people's lives that can make you laugh even when you're going through a tough time or a stressful week.

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.