Famous Quotes

"Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy."

Fiona Shaw on Happiness

More quotes about Happiness

• "Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."

  John Barrymore on Happiness

• "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

  Dalai Lama on Happiness

• "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

  Abraham Lincoln on Happiness

• "I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."

  Martha Washington on Happiness

• "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Happiness

More quotes by Fiona Shaw

• "To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have."

• "I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I'm totally exhausted."

• "There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true."

• "I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them."

• "People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera."