You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh—it's as simple as that.

About Jay Leno

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James Douglas Muir Leno ( LEN-oh; born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, comedian, writer and actor. After doing stand-up comedy for years, Leno was chosen in 1992 to replace Johnny Carson as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show; Leno hosted The Tonight Show until September 2009...

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There's this big pie in show business, and you physically can't eat the whole pie. If you give everybody a slice of pie, you will still have more than enough. The real trick is not to try to get the whole pie, but to keep the biggest slice.

I went into a McDonald's yesterday and said, 'I'd like some fries.' The girl at the counter said, 'Would you like some fries with that?

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak.

Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

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The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.

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Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

—Elsa Maxwell

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

—Edgar Watson Howe

Laughter is by definition healthy.

—Doris Lessing

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.

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You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that.