The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.
I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making a more important contribution.
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.
Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.
Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.
Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.
It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body.
You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about.