Yakov Smirnoff Quotes

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."

"If love is the treasure, laughter is the key."

"I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter."

"Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection."

"I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter."

"When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter."

"Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds."

"Falling in love is a chemical reaction. But it wears off in a year."

"Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling."

"In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing."

"We have a choice - we can both think and feel, using our heads and our hearts."

"We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we've heard in fairy tales."

"It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart."

"When you like something, you find time to do it."

"I fed my ego, but not my soul."

"Never having alone time is real tough on people."

"I came to America to make it my home, and I did."

"Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile."

"After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore."

"There's depth in my comedy."

"Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds."

"The ad in the paper said 'Big Sale. Last Week.' Why advertise? I already missed it. They're just rubbing it in."

"If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it."