They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos.

I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.'

I remember thinking, 'If I can make Tina Fey laugh, I can die happy.'

To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained.

I don't associate success with happiness, and I don't take it to heart, like, 'Oh, I'm so special.'