Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt. -John Osborne

 

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.


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This quote is just one of 9 total John Osborne quotes in our collection. John Osborne is known for saying 'Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.' as well as some of the following quotes.

They're basically gutting it out to the stone and starting over.

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It is easy to answer the ultimate questions -- it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.

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Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt. -John Osborne
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There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

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Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

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The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say -- or their beliefs -- or sex. -John Osborne
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Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that it all began by something as simple as sunlight striking on a piece of rock. And here we are. We've only got ourselves. Somehow, we've just got to make a go of it. We've only ourselves.

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