Daniel Gilbert Quotes
The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.
Quotes to Explore
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that's how I feel.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.
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I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes.
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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
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Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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Love, and do what you like.
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True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.
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When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky....They will never be the same again because you cannot be the same once you leave behind who and what you are, you just cannot be the same....Look at them leaving in droves, despite knowing they will be welcomed with restraint in those strange lands because they do not belong.
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Sometimes the most difficult, horrific things can be the greatest spiritual teachers.
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Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.
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The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.
