Quotes About Joy

Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be.

Before anybody knew who I was, I was just working on what I love and having fun with it, and I'm sticking with that - because, ultimately, that's what people want to see.

If something makes me laugh really hard, it sticks in my head or my heart or somewhere inside me.

I love that when I give my 4-year-old a cupcake, she takes a few licks of the frosting and takes a bite, but she has yet to finish a whole cupcake. She gets so excited about cake, but she never eats all of it. She would rather have a plate of fruit. I hope that sticks.

Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace - we have to give it away.

Having fun is fantastic, and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work, or else it's going to feel stiff.

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.

It's still my happiest time when I'm eating.

Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.

As much as you love a sport, I don't think love and joy necessarily go hand in hand. I think you can still be in love with the sport but just not happy in it.

I think you need to have a day or two when you treat yourself, because it brings happiness, it stimulates your mind.

A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

The best thing I ever bought is my dog Stitch. He's the best friend & companion.

My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas morning to find Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' in my stocking. I had never been so excited by the sight of a book - and have possibly never been since!

Without doubt, some of the happiest moments of my career have come in a Stoke shirt.

If your fans are comfortable, then people are going to be stoked to be there.

Cooking fills the stomach, and music fills the mind.

But I think there's a genuine joy, too, a sense that no matter what, even if my stomach's growling, I'm going to dance. That's what I want to leave people with at the end of the play. After all this, people still know how to live.

Cary Benjamin sleeps dreamily on my stomach as we're both bonding and recuperating. He's phenomenal.

Go on stage and stomp my foot on stage and play my guitar and sing my guts out because I love to entertain people. That's what makes me happy.

I see The Stone Roses in '89 as Technicolor: we were all about joy and possibilities of life.

That's what music has always been to me: a feel. I've listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that feeling of joy every time. They are still around and put on a really exciting show. We also give it 120 percent.

I grew up a huge fan of The Three Stooges and Monty Python, so somebody getting slapped in the face with a fish, or falling out of a chair, or running into a door, or tripping over their own feet and eating it, is all stuff I find really, really funny.