How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made? Dan Savage on happiness
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. Carrie P. Snow on happiness
Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film 'Funny Girl' at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace. Beth Ditto on happiness
It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. Hugo Black on happiness
Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society. Henry St. John on happiness
My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart. Shawn Johnson on happiness
I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness. Brittany Murphy on happiness
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin on happiness
For me, love is happiness and inspiration. Leona Lewis on happiness
It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch. Thor Heyerdahl on happiness
People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy. Gary Vaynerchuk on happiness
My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother's voice and smile. Jennifer Garner on happiness
I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change. Jamie Lee Curtis on happiness
There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. Liberty Hyde Bailey on happiness
And perfect happiness? Man, that's a... the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm. Jamie Foxx on happiness
I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time. John Belushi on happiness
When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have. Emily Blunt on happiness
I've worked on films where the budgets are almost limitless and you're in trailers that are bigger than a hotel room. You're taken care of and the food is amazing, the quality of the job is amazing and then you work on smaller things but it never dictates my happiness or my willingness to go to work. Dominic Monaghan on happiness
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. Robert Burton on happiness
One thing I've been happy as peach pie about - because I'm all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home - is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home. Laura Schlessinger on happiness