Category Archives: Laughter

Quotes on Laughter that I Like

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A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Charlie Chaplin 

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain 

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
Carl Sandburg 

Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.
Yakov Smirnoff 

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
Woody Allen 

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Bob Newhart 

Laughter is America's most important export.
Walt Disney 

Laughter is an instant vacation.
Milton Berle

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.
Yiddish Proverb

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
Oscar Wilde 

Nobody ever died of laughter.
Max Beerbohm

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
Voltaire

Just Because You Can Does Not Mean You Should

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This expression is one I now try very hard to live by and I believe the American economy would be in a far better place if those of us in business, from main street to Wall Street, would return to this adage.  Today we seem to think any opportunity given (even a morally wrong one) must be taken or we are “suckers” because if “if don’t my competitor will.”

This category will include examples to make this point.  Here’s our first and so far leading contender.

1.  A doctor overseeing the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act says cancer will not be covered under the $2.8 billion law due to insufficient scientific evidence linking the disease to toxins at the World Trade Center site.

http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=288015&position=1&news_type=news

 

Doesn’t take too much thinking to figure out why this exclusion exists.  We all know this ruling is the work of the insurance lobby and other business interests.  I could not think of a more suitable example to illustrate my “live by” message.  You have shamed yourself those involved with this action.

 

Welcome to the Church of Laughter

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Welcome to the Church of Laughter.  This place is for all who believe as I do that laughter is an essential part of a healthy mind and body and of course, soul.  Laughter is the joy that has been given to humans exclusively.  Some may argue this, but there is simple proof.  Only humans have developed the three classics of humor:

1)  groucho glasses

2)  the rubber chicken

3)  the Ministry of Funny Walks

 

and we’re off!