Subject: Emotions

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

disc jockey, screenwriter & humorist

Beware the pull on your heartstrings… it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.

co-founder of website Snopes.com

Even snakes are afraid of snakes.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I have no problem with homophobia; as long as they do it behind closed doors.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor

Happiness is… finding two olives in your martini when you’re hungry.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.

(1935 – ) screenwriter, author, director & producer

I wear my heart on my sleeve… I wear my liver on my pant leg.


We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

As my mom has said, when one person is unhappy, it usually means two people are unhappy but that one has not come to terms with it yet.

(1979 – ) American actress, comedian & writer

Happiness is a warm puppy.

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

You can't put a price tag on love, but you can on all its accessories.

(1977 – ) Irish actress, producer & writer

The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest!

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

(1908 – 1976) publisher & author

When someone you love is hurting, if it was possible, you’d want to take their pain for them… but do I really want cramps and sore boobs?

(1956 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & television ho

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor – unassisted.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter