Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Topics: Laughter Quotes, Tears Quotes

Suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers

Suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers

Some jerk infected the Internet with an outright lie. It shows how easy it is...

Some jerk infected the Internet with an outright lie. It shows how easy it is...

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with...

Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with...

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a...

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a...

Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, and dont put up with people that are...

Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, and dont put up with people that are...

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she...

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she...

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order...

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order...

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different...

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a...

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a...

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you...

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you...

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their...

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep...

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep...

When the people stare at the sky and dream of blessedness, or when they quiver...

When the people stare at the sky and dream of blessedness, or when they quiver...