Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance but nobody laughed.

A couple of months ago I was down in Florida for the Food and Wine Festival. And this journalist grabbed me and said 'How does it feel to be a TV guy? You're no longer in the restaurant business.' And I laughed. I asked him 'How long do you think it takes me to do a season?' He said 'Well 200 days.' And I was like '200 days? Try 20!'

Really I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady you know 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.

I love making people laugh and feel good and that's awesome and special for me to be able to do that but there really is nothing like kicking ass whether it's on a major scale or whether it's in more of a dramatic fashion. Being physical and taking care of business the old-fashioned way is something that I love doing.

He who laughs most learns best.

The best book like the best speech will do it all - make us laugh think cry and cheer - preferably in that order.

Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic then insulin comes pretty high on the list.

The best way of removing negativity is to laugh and be joyous.

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

He who laughs best today will also laughs last.

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

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

My duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry.

The beauty of the world which is so soon to perish has two edges one of laughter one of anguish cutting the heart asunder.

Look up laugh loud talk big keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye adorn your person maintain your health your beauty and your animal spirits.

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day ah now that's a real treat.

With my talent I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

You can have a laugh in Los Angeles or you can weep in Los Angeles depending on your attitude towards it.

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance his whole attitude and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.

The only honest art form is laughter comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away man. You can't.

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad and by laughing at the architecture.

I think anger and laughter are very close to each other when you think about it.