If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.

When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.

I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.

He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.

I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.

Clarinets like lawyers have cases mouthpieces and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.

The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible...and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.

Santa Claus has the right idea – visit people only once a year.

From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

I just love listening to the laughter.

Laughter can bring a new perspective.

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Every blessed one of you feels better for that burst of laughter.

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

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.

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it's true, and I think that's what this movie is about.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.

Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter.

A person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Nobody ever died of laughter.

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.