Ali Smith Quotes

Happy is what you realize you are a fraction of a second before it's too late.

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• I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • Life
  • Family
  • Happy

• Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

  

  Tacitus
  • Great
  • Happy
  • Adversity

• Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though!

  

  J. August Richards
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her.

  

  Lamar Odom
  • Happy
  • Think
  • Grandmother

• I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Life
  • Great
  • Important

• At the end of the day, I want to create collections that, although I am inspired by very creative women, I want my customer to walk away with a silhouette that she doesn't even know what collection it comes from. That it just lasts in her wardrobe and makes her feel strong and confident and hopefully happy.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Women
  • She
  • Happy

• It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade and own art do it for a much simpler reason. They just like it.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • People
  • World
  • Art

• The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.

  

  W. G. Sebald
  • Mind
  • Happy
  • Question

• I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Happy

• I've had an amazing life, but I think I was born with a little bit of sadness in me. I've always been attracted to those things, whether it's sad movies, sad music... when you're sad, you feel everything in a greater way than you do when you're happy.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Life
  • Music
  • Happy

• I don't believe in happy families.

  

  Pat Conroy
  • Believe
  • Happy
  • Families

• I feel like, maybe in the '90s, 'Rookie' would have been shamed for trying to reach a lot of people or trying to be 'mainstream', but I'm so pleased that our readers are happy to see me promoting the 'Rookie' yearbook on TV or whatever.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • People
  • Trying
  • Happy

• 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 think when I was 12, I started reading Evelyn Waugh, and I loved Evelyn Waugh so much, and I thought: 'This is how the world really is. If I could be Evelyn Waugh, then I would be happy.'

  

  Candace Bushnell
  • World
  • Happy
  • Reading

• Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • First
  • Wait
  • Second

• I didn't want to get into acting. I was very happy doing MTV, it took up my time, I was content.

  

  Nafisa Joseph
  • Up
  • Time
  • Happy

• I defy anyone to produce any evidence that the word 'happy' has ever crossed my lips. I am not now, nor have I ever been, 'happy.'

  

  Larry David
  • Happy
  • Evidence

• Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • Happy
  • Always
  • Movies

• As any new parent knows, you're only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he is the best looking or the best everything.

  

  Prince William
  • Happy

• If you are happy in your private life, and - that will affect your tennis, and that will help you, actually.

  

  Ana Ivanovic
  • Life
  • Happy
  • Help

• Men who are driven are happy in their work and their vision but are not happy-go-lucky. Evelyn has a happiness and contentment most of the time -- she's my balance.

  

  Oral Roberts
  • Time
  • Work
  • Men

• I know firsthand that the characteristics of a great engineer - problem-solving skills, a deep understanding of technology, and a results-driven mindset - are the exact same things that any executive, in any industry, must have in order to succeed.

  

  Dinesh Paliwal
  • Great
  • Technology
  • Understanding

• Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. Life's too short.

  

  Debbie Meyer
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Mind

• Happy is what you realize you are a fraction of a second before it's too late.

  

  Ali Smith
  • Happy
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  • Second