Quotes about "Happiness & Joy"

Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden! ”

In both Russia and the U.S., there are a very small number of very, very rich people, and then there are a lot of people who don't have anything. The less inequality you have in a society, the more social peace you have. It's kind of a no-brainer. ”

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors. ”

I go into any movie that's historical fiction thinking, 'OK, I'm here to watch a work of art, something delivering a series of opinions, and if it's a good work of art, these opinions become so deeply embedded in complexity and richness that I won't even be bothered by the opinions. I'll make my own mind up.' ”

The pleasures of mental agility are much overstated, inevitably - as it now appears to me - by those not exclusively dependent upon them. ”

What has gone catastrophically wrong in England and the States is that for 30 years we've lost the ability to talk about the state in positive terms. We've raised a generation or two of young people who don't think to ask, 'What can the state do that is good?' ”

I'm sounding like Oprah, but if you're not practicing contentment where you are now, you're not getting contentment when you get what you want. ”

Well, being my type of fighter and my type of guy, you know I throw a lot of barrage of punches, kicks, knees and elbows. ”

The Church has failed to be a positive influence for good in our nation and our world. ”

I've been a member of the Labour Party sixty five years, and I remain in it, but I think it's all about campaigning for justice and peace, and if you do that, you get a lot of support. ”