Subject: Emotions » Happiness

Happy as a frog in God's pocket

When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

(1925 – 2005) television host

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

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

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter

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

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

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

(1925 – 2005) television host

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

(1961 – 1994) comedian

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

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

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

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

I know if mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

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

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Cheerfulness: The art of concealing your true feelings.

Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy; one is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it.

As my mom has said, when one person is unhappy, it usually means two people are unhappy but that one has not come to terms with it yet.

(1979 – ) American actress, comedian & writer

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer