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Category Archives: Laughter is Medicine
“My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more.”
-Walter Matthau
Photo Credit: myzerowaste.com
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Tagged Funny Quotes about Life, Walter Matthau, Walter Matthau Quotes
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Most people can’t bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays…
How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity?
- Mark Twain Image by Prashanth dotcompals (Creative Commons)
“Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music.”
-Tom Sims
Photo Credit: Positive Life Radio
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Tagged Quotes about Christmas, Tom Sims, Tom Sims Funny Quote, Tom Sims Quotes
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10 Famous People Who Died on the Toilet
Elvis, Lenny Bruce, and more met this unfortunate, yet funny-bone-tickling, fate
1. Louis Kahn, an American Architect, died of a heart attack in 1974 in a men’s restroom in Pennsylvania Station in New York City. 2. Elvis Presley died of a heart attack in his bathroom in 1977. History disputes whether … Continue reading
“Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.”
-Elbert Hubbard
Photo Credit: Blogspot
“I’m trying to die correctly, but it’s very difficult, you know.”
-Lawrence Durrell
Image source: Michiel Van Balen (Creative Commons)
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Tagged Dying Right, Humorous Death Quotes, Lawrence Durrell
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“Look, I really don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive, you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, you’ve got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively.”
-Mel Brooks
Photo Credit: Jump in the Air
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Tagged Famous Quotes, Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks Quotes, Quotes about Life
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“People are never ‘dying’. They live and then they die. And dying is in a moment.”
-Mike DeStefano
The comedian shared this advice from a social worker in his appearance with The Moth storytelling organization to tell “Franny’s Last Ride,” the story of the loss of his wife. Image source.
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Tagged AIDS, Comedy, end-of-life, Laughter, Mike DeStefano
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“Being fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them.”
-Howard Zinn
Photo Credit: The New York Times
“The art of dying graciously is nowhere advertised, in spite of the fact that its market potential is great.”
-Milton Mayer
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“Stop worrying about the world ending today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.”
-Charles M. Schulz
Photo Credit: Orange County Archives Flickr
“At my age, I’m often asked if I’m frightened of death and my reply is always, I can’t remember being frightened of birth.”
-Peter Ustinov
Image Credit: Kyle May (Creative Commons)
“The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades, especially if your teammates are bad guessers.”
-Demetri Martin
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“I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather…Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.”
-Will Shriner
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Tagged Funny Quotes, Quotes by Comedians, Will Shriner, Will Shriner Quotes
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“My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping.”
-Rita Rudner
Photo Credit: LOL Comedy TV Flickr
“If you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”
-Jerry Seinfeld
“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two! Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Death, Fear, Humor, Jerry Seinfeld, Public speaking, Seinfeld
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