Subject: Emotions » Happiness (Page 2)

It isn’t necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

He's grinning like a mule eating briars.

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

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

(1925 – 2005) television host

Money brings some happiness; but after a certain point, it just brings more money.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter

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

Nothing makes a smoker happier than to see an old person smoking.

(1961 – 1994) comedian

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

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

There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.

(1965 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

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

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

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


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

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

(1879 – 1974) film producer

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

(1938 – 1979) American actress

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

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

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

(1925 – 2005) television host

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

(1917 – 1993) British composer & novelist