Dorothy Allison Quotes

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

Having a thick skin doesn't mean that you're hard or harsh. I was lucky because I was born with a thick skin. That doesn't mean that things don't bother me, but you have to keep it in perspective.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.

People expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong.

I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

I say this all the time: I've always been really good at managing my expectations so that I'm not let down.

You know, the emotion - it comes in my art. The kind of person I am, I can deal with things, and I do and I can, but I'm not a crier.

I think that it is important that one grows a thick skin fast in this business, and I think we have done that.

If you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it.

Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything, otherwise we're going down the tube.

I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be sarcastic but lack an authentic sense of humor.

In every job, relationship, or life situation there is inevitably some turbulence. Learn to laugh at it. It is part of what you do and who you are.

You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.

If you haven't got a sense of humor you're making your life a hundred times harder. It doesn't matter what happens to you, if you can have a laugh about it, and don't take yourself so serious, you have the battles halfway won.

Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh.

The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.

It dawned on me then that as long as I could laugh, I was safe from the world; and I have learned since that laughter keeps me safe from myself, too.

You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Attitude is almost more important than what happens to you.

Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me, so I knew what Augustus was doing. You clench your teeth. You look up. You tell yourself that if they see you cry, it will hurt them, and you will be nothing but a Sadness in their lives, and you must not become a mere sadness, so you will not cry, and you say all of this to yourself while looking up at the ceiling, and then you swallow even though your throat does not want to close and you look at the person who loves you and smile.

I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.

You show you care, you die.You show you fear, you die.You show nothing, maybe you live.

When I made mistakes, people used to laugh. I could have learnt better, but I've always liked to make people laugh.