Charlie Chaplin - "A day without laughter is a day wasted."

Victor Borge - "Laughter is the closest distance between two people."

Bill Hicks - "The best comedy to me is when you can make people laugh at something that you really believe in."

Lucille Ball - "I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways."

George Carlin - "Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom."

Joan Rivers - "Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And that's no joke."

Steve Martin - "Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."

Richard Pryor - "Comedy is really not about being funny. It's about discovering the honesty that people hide."

John Cleese - "Laughter is a force for democracy."

Mel Brooks - "Humor is just another defense against the universe."

Phyllis Diller - "A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."

Drew Carey - "A lot of people think of comedians as being crazy or manic-depressive. I do think that people get into comedy because they're running from something."

Jerry Seinfeld - "To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving."

Milton Berle - "Laughter is an instant vacation."

Chris Rock - "You can only offend me if you mean something to me."

Lenny Bruce - "Satire is tragedy plus time."

Jim Gaffigan - "The right balance of humor and gravity is necessary."

Ricky Gervais - "Comedy is a medicine - a heavy dose."

Wanda Sykes - "Comedy can bring people together."

Lewis Black - "The other day I realized that everybody is crazy."

Tina Fey - "You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."

Billy Crystal - "Never underplay the importance of humor."

Kevin Hart - "Everybody wants to laugh."