Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And then I started thinking about this idea of sadness and happiness, and the idea that sadness is very loud, and happiness is quiet.

Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap.

Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps.

To me, the most important thing is happiness.

The music is the message, the message is the music. So that is my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me - a little ministry called love and happiness.

The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of.

It is obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.

One of my producers said this business is like a hamster on that little wheel thing that goes around and around. You may have a great day and get great ratings, but then you've got another show to do - whatever moment of success or happiness you have you've got to keep grinding it out for the next day.

The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness.

I envy the happiness of others... I envy the sense of belonging... I seem always to be remaking myself.

I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness... Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour.

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?

Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.

Happiness is rarely absent it is we that know not of its presence.

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.

Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness.

The arrival of any child brings you a lot of happiness.

We have a long heritage of freedom that defines America. We believe there is a Creator who blessed us with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongst the young people of the world.

But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you do not have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether they are a movie star.