Laughter Therapy Quotes

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist" gives you a valid excuse to hide from your pain.

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.

Cancer is always funny.

Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation.

Humor is tragedy plus time.

I am serious, so I laugh a lot. You need to laugh. You don't laugh enough. I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

Laughter may or may not activate the endorphins or enhance respiration, as some medical researchers contend. What seems clear, however, is that laughter is an antidote to apprehension and panic.

That's a lovely experience when you make an audience laugh. Then the nerves go away for a bit. And sometimes you do things then that you've never done before that are really funny.

Our house was a place where you were welcome to make an idiot out of yourself. Silliness was valued. My dad worked with foster kids in the foster care system, and I think silliness was a way for him to leaven things up.

When you actually make a new friend, and you make music and laugh really hard together, that can give you a lot of confidence and nourishment and encouragement.

As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.

One thing a person won't do when he's laughing is try to beat you up.

For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be like them.

There is nothing more precious than laughter

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

I wasn't a class clown, I never developed this comedic flair as a kid. Even when I decided to become an actor, it was just to be an actor, not necessarily a comedic actor. I wasn't that guy who struck out with women so he became really funny, and that's when the women started to like him.

Laughter is more serious than tears.

Without a sense of humor, I would have been gone a long time ago.

It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.

When I am depressed, I watch these three films: 'Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi,' 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron,' and 'Padosan.' They really make me laugh.

If we had a hard time, my mother would sit me down and we would talk about it, and she kept talking and kept processing until we started to laugh about it.

Humor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing.

Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.

I try to laugh as much as possible and enjoy the company of people who can make me laugh.

The whole thing about working in front of the camera is to make people laugh when they're not supposed to.