Subject: Emotions » Happiness (Page 2)

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

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Cheerfulness: The art of concealing your true feelings.

My shrink told me that my happiness was stress related.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

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

(1925 – 2005) television host

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

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

(1903 – 1987 diplomat, playwright, journalist & politician

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

Corollary: What if you’ve already had it?

Too much of a good thing… can be wonderful.

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

I know it’s often been said that money won’t make you happy and this is undeniably true, but everything else being equal, it’s a lovely thing to have around the house.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

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

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Marriage is bliss… Ignorance is bliss… Ergo…

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

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

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

He's grinning like a mule eating briars.

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

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


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

(1908 – 1976) publisher & author

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

(1917 – 1993) British composer & novelist