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

Quotes to Explore
-
Let's judge a man on what he's done.
-
The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
-
Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
-
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
-
I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
-
Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.
-
Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
-
I'm a straight shooter, and most of the time my ego doesn't interrupt my relationships.
-
I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them.
-
I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
-
In the early '90s, it was grunge; everybody was fully clothed. Alanis Morissette was one of the biggest artists in the world, never wore makeup, wearing Doc Marten boots, and then the Spice Girls turn up, and suddenly it all looks a bit burlesque; suddenly they're the biggest band in the world.
-
Having children with someone is the real bond.
-
It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.
-
With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand.
-
Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.
-
For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.
-
Look to the Bible and not your feelings as the basis of the Christian life.
-
When someone else’s happiness is your happiness, that is love.