Subject: Emotions » Happiness

On a beautiful day like this it's hard to believe anyone can be unhappy – but we'll work on it.

To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

(1903 – 1987 diplomat, playwright, journalist & politician

The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

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

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.

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

Success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get.

(1926 – 1983) American comedian & singer

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

Are you so unobservant that you do not yet realize that sanity and happiness are an impossible combination?

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Cheerfulness: The art of concealing your true feelings.

One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist

He's grinning like a mule eating briars.

Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

There’s no such thing as fun for the whole family.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

People who say that money can't buy happiness just don't know where to shop.

(1958 – ) Australian author

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

I am one of those people who just can’t help getting a kick out of life – even when it’s a kick in the teeth.

(1900 – 1962) Russian – Jewish madam & author

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

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist