Brenda Shaughnessy Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		I came to see that what constitutes strength is not just a muscle or will. It can also include the most desperate vulnerability, the saddest heartache, the lightest, sweetest laughter.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brenda Shaughnessy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Laughter made you live better and longer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Parent 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor Borge 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If love is the treasure, laughter is the key. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yakov Smirnoff 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Inga Muscio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to find a reason to laugh each day. Somehow, if you can incorporate laughter into your day, every day, it really helps. It's the little things in life that make me happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Faith Hill 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the mistake people make most often when they invest in other kinds of startups is they say, 'This is totally different.' And so the things that matter, like making a product that people desperately want, like talking to customers, they throw this out the window. That is a recipe for heartache and tears. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Altman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		There are so many elements flying in so many different directions that you really have to go with what feels like instinctively. The nature of the universe is fairly whimsical and nonsensical. In the most somber, beatific peacefulness there's complete chaos and maniacal laughter. I think music that doesn't reflect that is boring. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beck 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Voices were blended and intermingled in a tumultuous swirl around which eddied laughter, shouts, the squeaking of doors and windows, piano and accordion music, rollicking handclaps, a policeman's bark, braying, grunts, coughs of hashish addicts and screams of drunkards, anonymous calls for help, raps of a stick, and singing by individuals and groups. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naguib Mahfouz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lea Thompson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		More and more, as I get older, people come up to me and say, 'Thank you for all the laughter.' And my standard answer is, 'It was my pleasure.' But that's the truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bob Newhart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Leah Remini 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If the laughter of the audience was malicious we wouldn't show it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Denis Norden