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“Talking about Marlon is like dancing about architecture. When you tell the stories, the stories would be rich. And everybody would laugh a lot. And then say "where does it come from?”
Marlon Brando (1924–2004) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sean Penn on the difficulty of explaining Brando, on interview on "The Charlie Rose Show" (2 July 2004).
“Noel Gallagher: "I used to piss myself laughing out loud on a bus going into town to buy the NME when he was on the cover and there was an interview. Laugh out loud, fucking side-splitting. His lyrics are incredible. I've seen him live a few times. He's one of the best. I've seen him live recently, last year in Australia, and he's still one of the best.”
“One of the few writers who have made me laugh aloud.”
R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep-contemplative; And I did laugh sans intermission An hour by his dial.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The horn, the horn, the lusty horn Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Hang out our banners on the outward walls; The cry is still, "They come!" our castle's strength Will laugh a siege to scorn.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“They laugh that win.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“So on the tip of his subduing tongue All kinds of arguments and questions deep, All replication prompt, and reason strong, For his advantage still did wake and sleep. To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weep, He had the dialect and different skill, Catching all passion in his craft of will.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“O thou! whatever title please thine ear, Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff, or Gulliver! Whether thou choose Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rabelais' easy-chair.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.”
Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774) said by 1774 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'T is that I may not weep.”
Lord Byron (1788–1824) said by 1824 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me; If my bark sinks, 't is to another sea.”
William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) said by 1842 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, Because to laugh is proper to the man.”
Francis Rabelais (1495–1553) said by 1553 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He will laugh thee to scorn.”
The Bible (active around 812) bartlett, Public domain source