Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.
Laughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.