Quotes About Joy

My whole life is a vacation.

Swedish people live for the summer - it transforms everyone. I don't want to miss having a Swedish summer vacation for as long as I live. It's my favorite thing in the world.

I swam in the Great Barrier Reef when I was five months pregnant. I went on the bullet train in Japan, which was so much fun, and getting to see Mount Fuji. I did Mykonos and its black volcanic beach. Most of the fun times I've had have something to do with a vacation. I love traveling.

I used to spend not just my summer vacations at my Nani's house in Kanpur but my Diwali and Holi holidays too.

Not every vacation is equal. And theory - the idea that vacations should increase happiness - doesn't always translate to reality.

Mahesh usually picks the places we go to for our vacations. He has an uncanny sense of where to go, and we just follow him happily. He is the happiest when he can roam the streets with his children, something that he can't do in Hyderabad.

I don't just loving cooking in a vacuum, as it were; I love cooking for people, with people, and laughing.

Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine.

I like to keep Valentine's dinner light so you don't crash after and can keep the fun going through the night!

I love flowers, even on normal days, so they are a must-have on Valentine's. Ditto for chocolates.

Valentine's Day is definitely one of those days where it's either awesome or it's a downer.

I don't think I've ever had a bad Valentine's Day, I mean... c'mon, y'all know I never get a bad Valentine. Nah. Um, no, I've never really had - I don't have a bad Valentine's Day. I never really think... it doesn't come up to my mind.

I like Valentine's Day. It's fun.

See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue.

It's definitely a joy when you make a record to know you are doing it for the right reasons: You want to do it and that you think you have something valid to offer.

'Hudson Valley Ballers' is just the joy of my life.

I'll tell you, nobody was more excited than me, in the entire world, that there is a 'Silicon Valley' Funko set.

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.

People like Nick Cave - that ridiculous, over-the-top doom, taking it to extremes - I find it uplifting because it's like someone else is feeling what you're feeling and putting it into their music. Someone expressing extreme joy is just as valuable; it's just the fact that they're expressing their soul through music.

Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.

There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge.

It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else.

When you've seen a lot of bad stuff and just want to enjoy your life and be happy and have your kids happy and have your friends happy, you just have a value system where it raises the bar on what's important.

Whatever was given to me, I respected it, I valued it and I relished it and with me, the entire world relished it.