Subject: Emotions » Happiness (Page 2)

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

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

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

(1926 – 1983) American comedian & singer

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping.


Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

(1917 – 1993) British composer & novelist

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

The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

I ain’t in a happy frame of mood.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

What pleases men most is old wine and young women.

(c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC) Greek historian

Happy as a frog in God's pocket

My shrink told me that my happiness was stress related.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Happiness is a warm puppy.

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

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

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

Cheerfulness: The art of concealing your true feelings.

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

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

There must be one day above all others in each life that is the happiest

Corollary: What if you’ve already had it?

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won’t hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Real happiness is when you marry a girl for love and find out later she has money.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

(1821 – 1880) French novelist

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

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Well I don’t see why I have to make one man miserable when I can make so many men happy.


I can’t do two things at once; I can’t have intercourse and enjoy myself at the same time.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor