Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.
The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.
All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!
I love making people laugh and by the way I still do that with the charitable efforts on my part because I believe that people need to laugh.
Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And that's because laughter completely engages the body and releases the mind. It connects us to others, and that in itself has a healing effect.
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.
For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.