The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection. William H. Seward
As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive. Bharati Mukherjee
Success can create more madness than happiness. Billy Ocean
I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable. Victoria Woodhull
The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it. Daniel Dennett
Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life. Agnes Martin
There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy. Joyce Grenfell
My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness. Evangeline Lilly
I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards. Amy Adams
Before the boat docked, however, he confessed because he was contemplating running for president, he couldn't separate from his wife. I believed him when he told me he faced a difficult choice between pursuing personal happiness and his political destiny. Donna Rice
So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character. Olivia Wilde
Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity. Robert Trout
Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me. Annni-Frid Lyngstad
I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming. Linda Evans
For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want. Ferdinand Mount
Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning. William Burroughs
Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy. Carlo Collodi
The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism. Bryant McGill
There is no happiness outside of ourselves. Bryant McGill
I have kids and I want to have a long life and there are certain things that are conducive to that and certain things that aren't. I've opted for the road of happiness and long life. Ethan Suplee