Quotes About Contentment

I really love the sound of my dog snoring.

I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.

This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'

I know this sounds generic, but I'm so happy to be home with my husband, my family, and my dog.

You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more.

I know it sounds cheesy, but I do feel so blessed. I have a great job, I have the best children in the world and I have a darling husband who loves me.

This sounds really lame, but I'm pretty proud of my feet.

You can sit down with Reason or Ableton and literally in a couple of hours make a very good-sounding record. But then a lot of people become contented with that, rather than pushing themselves to making something that sounds great.

I lived on oatmeal soup and apples. Nourishing enough.

I'm always a big fan of a big pot of chicken soup. I like to make a big pot of that, and I keep it in my freezer so when I come off the road and I just want to sit in my pajamas on my couch and catch up on the DVR and dig into a nice big bowl of chicken soup. It feeds my soul.

I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.

Ambition is a very dangerous thing because either you achieve it and your life ends prematurely, or you don't, in which case your life is a constant source of disappointment. You must never have ambition.

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal, and it's not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder.

You don't feel like you have to interact with a whole bunch of people when you get on Flipboard. It's not a source of social anxiety.

I've never been bothered about being the highest wicket-taker in the world or the best South African bowler in the world.

I think Hungarians should be more positive; many complain, but if they go to some countries, in South America, people are so poor, yet they are happy. It starts with you.

I've sown all the oats I want to sow.

I like my peace. I am happy in my space.

Everything is a learning lesson, good and bad, so I am happy with the way things are, and I learned from everything negative. I am in a great space now, so I wouldn't change a thing!

The goatherds were the poorest people of Spain. Probably, they were the richest.

I like the Italian giants, and Spain is attractive, but when I heard that Manchester United were in the frame, I was very flattered. Nonetheless, I want to reiterate that Udinese is a great place, and I am happy here.

In other words, I was a moderately happy penguin who was occasionally attacked by sadness.

If you dream of becoming perfect, you never will.Be satisfied with being imperfect and that will make you perfect.