Quotes on finding the funny thing
When my nephew was a year old, my mom and I kept him while my brother and sister-in-law attended a wedding in another state. One night he got upset about having to go to bed at his usual bedtime and decided to hold his temper until around midnight when he suddenly started screaming loudly enough to wake the hounds of hell.
My mother was in the room next to his and frantically tried to quiet him. But he was red-faced, furious, and having none of it. So she brought the squalling little cuss to me.
Now I’ve had a special bond with my nephew and niece since they were born, I think in part because we’re all on the same wacky little wavelength. One look and it was easy to see nothing was wrong with the baby. He was just plain spittin’ mad. And that gave me the giggles. More than the giggles, it gave me the guffaws. I laughed so hard tears were rolling down my cheeks, too.
He was not amused. But he wasn’t screaming anymore, either. He was just starring at me with a mixture of shock and annoyance that made me start howling again every time I looked at his precious face.
Sometimes, no matter what’s happening around you or how things are going in your life, you’ve gotta laugh because …
“Humor is just another defense against the universe.”
—Mel Brooks, comic writer, actor, director, producer
“Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.”
—Mark Twain, author and humorist
“Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.”
—William Rotsler, science fiction writer
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
—e.e. cummings, poet
“Laughter is inner jogging.”
—Norman Cousins, editor and essayist
“Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it, and then move on.”
—Bob Newhart, actor and comedian
“When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.”
—George Bernard Shaw, playwright
“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.”
—Peter Ustinov, actor and writer
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