“The dew seemed to sparkle more brightly on the green leaves the air to rustle among them with a sweeter music and the sky itself to look more blue and bright. Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercise, even over the appearance of external objects.”
Happy feeling
Happy Quotes — page 174 of 349
“The privileges of the side-table included the small prerogatives of sitting next to the toast, and taking two cups of tea to other people's one.”
“In fine weather the old gentelman is almost constantly in the garden; and when it is too wet to go into it, he will look out the window at it, by the hour together. He has always something to do there, and you will see him digging, and sweeping, and cutting, and planting, with manifest delight.”
“Oliver Twist has asked for more!”
“It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group.”
“I'm very happy by myself - I'm lucky in that way - if I've got enough to read and something to write about and a bit of alcohol for me to add an edge, not to dull it.”
“Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.”
“I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to do.”
“I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment.”
“We (women) take it for granted that we can do what we want. Not so very long ago, that was not the case.”
“In Italy, for the same price as a typical British hamburger meal including sweet, a builder's labourer could eat like a king - rather better in fact, because pasta dishes gain from being kept simple.”
“I won't have to miss smoking any more. Nobody smokes where I'm going: It's like a row of restaurants in California.”
“Who wants to be a millionaire? And go to ev'ry swell affair?”
“If you ever feel so happy you land in jail, I'm your bail.”
“The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors.”
“He who is really kind, can never be unhappy”
“Many seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.”
“I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to.”
“If you can't have a good time and smile and relate to people across race and class, then the success that you have ultimately is just sounding brass and tinkling symbol.”
“Don't give up on the child. Give the child an education. Give them daily love.”