The 55 best phrases to laugh (about life)
Facing life with a large dose of humor is the best (and cheapest) medicine.
Humor is one of the best ways to face life, and laughter brings us many benefits. In fact, several research studies have found evidence that it influences our mental and physical health.
Among some positive consequences of laughter, it generates in our organism certain hormones that provide us with happiness and good humor.
- You can learn more about these benefits in our article: "The physical and psychological benefits of laughter".
Sentences to laugh that can brighten your day.
Aware of these benefits, in this article we have prepared a list of phrases to laugh. They are as follows.
1. Don't depend on anyone in this world, because even your shadow leaves you when you are in the dark!
Emotional dependence is not good for us, because it cancels us out as people.
2. Laughter is a tranquilizer without side effects.
Laughter is a good form of therapy, it is known as laughter therapy.
It's better late, because in the morning I sleep.
A humorous way to change the phrase "Better late than never".
4. Humor is the reason when life has gone crazy
A quote from Groucho Marx, in an attempt to define, in a humorous way, what humor is.
5. Save water. Don't shower alone
If two people shower together, the water bill will notice.
6. I don't know whether to slit my wrists or leave them long.
A funny quote that deals with a very serious subject: suicide.
7. When I grow up I want to be a priest. They live like God!
Priests live in the service of the Lord, and perform acts of worship to religion.
8. I don't think the friendship between man and dog would be lasting if the dog's meat were edible.
Evelyn Waught, pronounced this ingenious phrase about the relationship between people and dogs.
9. Why does the jelly tremble, does it know what awaits it?
In reference to whether the jelly is shaking with fear because it is going to be eaten.
10. Absolute truth does not exist and this is absolutely true.
A play on words about absolute truth.
11. Any idiot can tell the truth. To lie you need imagination
A funny phrase by Jaume Perich, who was a Spanish writer, cartoonist and humorist.
12. You have to lick it to get it wet, you have to suck it to stop it, you have to push it to put it in, How difficult it is to put the thread in a needle!
It might seem that this phrase is related to sex, but it actually refers to how to put a thread in a needle.
13. In this life they don't forgive you if you stop winning, and they hate you if you always win.
Former Real Madrid player and coach, Jorge Valdano, uttered this very wise phrase.
14. Wise men speak because they have something to say. fools speak because they have something to say.
An ironic phrase from the great philosopher, Plato.
15. I never forget a face, but with you I will make an exception.
A phrase addressed to someone we like very much.
16. No one dies of hard work, but just in case it's better not to risk it.
An irony about work. Work seriously harms our health.
17. Happy are those who expect nothing, because they will never be disappointed.
When you have no goals or expectations, you do not fail.
18. Confusion is crystal clear
A phrase that uses two antonyms: confusion and clarity.
19. Why can the same magazine be in the bathroom for years and we don't care?
An existential question that can leave you sleepless for days.
20. What verb tense is "shouldn't have happened"? Imperfect condom?
A joke about the verb tense of "it was a mistake".
21. I wanted to kill myself by taking 100 aspirin, but when I was only on my second aspirin, I felt much better.
Aspirin helps to fight pain. This sentence is a joke about this drug.
22. Why do you have to go to the Start button to shut down Windows?
A curiosity that surely many of you had not thought about.
23. The drugs make you drunk
A reflection with a touch of irony on the consumption of drugs.
24. My wife betrayed me a week ago and I still haven't got horns... Am I lacking calcium?
A way of taking infidelity with humor.
25. What are you telling me... is the dog mine?
This phrase can be applied when the story does not go with you.
26. If you find your boyfriend with another woman, take a deep breath and stay calm, so you won't miss when you shoot.
Again, a phrase to laugh about infidelity.
27. Why is it that when we take a box of medicine, no matter how many times we turn it upside down, we always open it the wrong way and the package insert appears folded there?
Something that has surely happened to all of us at some time.
28. If I've seen you I don't remember, if I undress you... I don't forget!
It can be used when you like a person and you find him/her attractive.
29. Love is a splendorous thing... until your wife (or husband) surprises you.
A joke about marriage and the marital relationship.
30. I have to go to the eye doctor, but I never see the time.
A quote with a great touch of humor.
31. The more money, the less acquaintances and the more friendships.
When you have money, you get friends everywhere.
32. When I was taking an exam I remembered you, now I remember why I failed.
Sometimes, when you think so much about that person you like, you find it hard to concentrate even when studying or taking an exam.
33. Flee temptations slowly, so they can catch up with you.
In reality, the opposite is true.
34. Military intelligence are two contradictory terms.
Groucho Marx using a joke about the low intelligence of the military. Obviously, there is no truth to this statement.
35. If you want women to follow you, get in front of them!
In reference to the fact that you should not follow anyone and you should make yourself appreciated.
36. Don't think badly of me, miss, my interest in you is purely sexual.
Groucho Marx. Again, one of his jokes that can make someone feel bad. But it is simply a joke.
37. To graduate as an otolaryngologist, the main thing is to learn the word.
A quote joking about the length of the word otolaryngologist.
38. You fall 23 times in a row on your mother-in-law holding a knife and everyone says you are a murderer.
The relationship with in-laws can sometimes be complicated.
39. You are the light that illuminates my life, I hope you don't melt!
A romantic and funny phrase at the same time.
40. I took an intelligence test and it was negative.
Meaning that you are not exactly an intelligent person.
41. Foolishness is the strangest of diseases, the sick person never suffers, the ones who really suffer from it are the others.
A version of Albert Einstein's mythical phrase.
42. My God, give me patience, but give it to me now!
Asking for patience without having a bit of it.
43. Don't take life seriously, after all, you won't come out of it alive.
A great reality that is better to take it as a joke.
44. If drunks were in control, we would have everything double
In reference to the blurred vision that people suffer when they are drunk.
45. Do you know the difference between toilet paper and shower curtains? No. Aha, so it was you!
A joke that can be used with a friend or relative.
46. Take advice in wine, but decide with water afterwards.
Drinking alcohol does not favor decision making.
47. Do infants enjoy childhood as much as adults enjoy adultery?
A funny phrase about infidelity.
48. Actually, turtles can fly, but they are so slow that they can't get off the ground.
A joke about turtles and their slowness.
49. Men would lie a lot less if women didn't ask so many questions.
A way of exculpating some lying men.
50. When you're pushed out of your boxes, where do you go?
Boxes meaning: "home".
51. If study makes one great, let the dwarfs study.
Studying makes us grow as people, even though this phrase makes fun of it.
52. Make a politician work. Do not vote for him!
Politicians do not have a very good reputation nowadays.
53. The important thing is money, health comes and goes.
A phrase that has no truth in it, but it's funny.
54. The first day I saw you, I threw myself at your feet and not because I loved you, but because I slipped.
A fall that, without a doubt, is unfortunate.
55. The important thing is not to win, but to make the other lose.
A way of saying the same thing, but with other words.
(Updated at Apr 13 / 2024)