John Osborne Quotes
Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.
Citations
Osborne, John. The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, edited by Robert Andrews, Columbia University Press, 1993, p. 515.
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John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter and actor, known for his excoriating prose and intense critical stance towards established social and political norms. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre.