Jonathan Swift Quotes

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

Jonathan Swift

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• It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • God
  • Happy
  • Happiness

• Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Happy
  • Law
  • Influence

• The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Good
  • Done
  • Job

• Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.

  

  Sam Levenson
  • Happy
  • Try
  • Be Happy

• My childhood was a happy one. I was captain of the school sports team and played cricket after class. I had five younger siblings and a large loving family that lived together. We are still very close.

  

  Naeem Khan
  • Family
  • School
  • Together

• I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Life
  • Happy
  • Risk

• A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Love
  • Happy
  • Man

• I don't believe in happy families.

  

  Pat Conroy
  • Believe
  • Happy
  • Families

• The things that make me happy most are my family and working.

  

  Damon Albarn Blur
  • Family
  • Happy
  • Me

• I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • Happy
  • Funny
  • Find

• I don't want to think about what I'm doing in 20 years. All I want is I want to be happy, and I hope my family are healthy. And that's all, really.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Family
  • Happy
  • Hope

• My first choice had always been my father. He's still my first pick. Now that the nominating process is over, tonight, I'm happy to announce that I'm going to be supporting Governor Romney.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Happy
  • Father
  • Process

• Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Happy

• Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.'

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Happy

• Desistance from sin makes one entirely happy.

  

  Mahavira
  • Happy

• I don't mind if someone thinks I'm a sell out. I go to bed happy knowing I do what I do and I'm not doing anything for reasons of money, and if I were trying to pick up chicks, I'm doing a horrible job. And if I wanted to drive awesome cars, I'm doing a really bad job there too.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Trying

• Nobody wants to loo at it. What is it all supposed to mean.. ..the old whores and the old, worn out women, and of life is cares?. .It doesn't make anybody happy. No gallery wants to exhibit it. his work. Why do you even bother to paint it.

  

  Otto Dix
  • Life
  • Work
  • Women

• Ye Gods! annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy.

  

  Alexander Pope
  • Time
  • Happy
  • Space

• Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.

  

  Brendan I. Koerner
  • Remember
  • American
  • Happy

• There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.

  

  Walter Reuther
  • Relationship
  • Taken

• We can't be afraid to use our military, but sending our sons and daughters should be the very last resort. I've seen what wars do to our kids. I've seen their broken bodies, know all about the horrors that live in their heads, and the enormous effects of trauma. We cannot commit American troops to battle without a real and tangible objective.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Live
  • Real
  • Kids

• I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.

  

  Buzz Osborne
  • Believe
  • Criticism

• I am attempting to move away from the exclusionary practices of feminist theory, particularly anti-pornography rhetoric, in order to amplify the discussion about the complexity of pleasure for women.

  

  Barbara DeGenevieve
  • Pleasure
  • Move
  • Discussion

• Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

  

  Jonathan Swift
  • Happy
  • Laughed
  • Folly