Subject: Emotions » Happiness

My wife and I were happy for 20 years… then we met.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Happier than a pig in slop

I know if mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

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

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; and by then it was too late.

typographer

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

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

(1901 – 1970) American journalist & author

Happiness is the China shop; love is the bull.

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

If I could drop dead right now, I’d be the happiest man alive.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

He's grinning like a mule eating briars.

A laugh is a smile that bursts.

(1949 – ) English nurse

Money doesn’t buy happiness; but happiness isn’t everything.

(1938 – 1979) American actress

My grandfather used to make home movies and edit out the joy.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

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

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy: first, let her think she's having her own way, and second, let her have it.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president