Subject: Emotions » Happiness (Page 3)

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family… in another city.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

My wife and I were happy for twenty years… before we met.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

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


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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

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

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

Cheerfulness: The art of concealing your true feelings.

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

(1917 – 1993) British composer & novelist

A laugh is a smile that bursts.

(1949 – ) English nurse

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

(1925 – 2005) television host

Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

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

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

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

(1903 – 1987 diplomat, playwright, journalist & politician

I ain’t in a happy frame of mood.

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

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

Corollary: What if you’ve already had it?

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

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

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

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

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

(1925 – 2005) television host